How do you align and evenly space three objects on a PowerPoint slide?

The library reopens at 9 a.m. on Monday. A briefing slide uses three cards to show when to brief staff, check the signs, and post a notice before opening. The cards are the same size, but their tops and spacing are uneven. In Cue Office, align their top edges first, then make the two gaps equal.

See the before and after

Here is the same slide before and after the adjustment. To follow along, open your own presentation and select three objects. The steps use the English interface of Cue Office on macOS.

Library reopening slide with staggered cards and uneven gaps — **Before** · The tops are staggered, and the left gap is smaller.

Finished slide with three cards aligned at the top and evenly spaced — **After** · The tops line up, and both gaps are the same width.

Click any screenshot to see the full interface.

Align the tops of all three cards

Click one card, then hold Shift and click the other two. Check that the selection encloses just the three cards. Go to Home → Align and choose Align Top.

The Align menu on the Home tab showing the Align Top command — Choose Align Top from the Align menu.

Three selected cards with aligned tops and a smaller gap on the left — The tops line up, but one gap is still wider than the other.

Space the cards evenly

With all three cards still selected, go back to Home → Align and choose Distribute Horizontally. Click a blank area, then compare the gaps between adjacent cards. In this example the two outer cards stay in place, while the middle card moves right to make the gaps equal.

The Align menu showing Distribute Horizontally for evenly spacing the selected objects — Choose Distribute Horizontally to make the horizontal gaps equal.

Edit a card with Cue AI

Once the layout is set, you might want to clarify that the notice is for people visiting the library. Change the right-hand card’s title from Public notice to Visitor notice. Open Cue AI and specify that it should change just the title and preserve the cards’ positions, sizes, and formatting.

On slide 1, change only the card title “Public notice” to “Visitor notice”. Keep the card positions, sizes, and formatting.

Cue AI panel showing the full rename request, one slide edit, and the full reply — Cue AI’s full prompt, edit step, and reply.

Separate screenshot of the updated slide with Visitor notice on the right and the cards still evenly spaced and aligned — The right-hand card now reads Visitor notice. All three cards are still aligned and evenly spaced.

You can also use Cue AI to give the headings and key points on other slides a consistent voice, so the audience can quickly see what matters on each page. If you are starting from scratch, give Cue AI the topic, audience, and approximate slide count. Generate a first draft, then fill in the dates, owners, and other details.