You can align objects along the path of another object. For example, you can draw a curve and align a series of stars along it. Grouped and text objects cannot be used as a path (but you can align them to a path).
The Align To Path dialog box is used to align objects to a path. From the Arrange menu, point to Align, and click To Path.
The Select Path for Alignment buttons select the object to use as a path for the other objects. The initial path selection is the object that provides the longest path. Each time you click a Select Path for Alignment button, the path object changes.
The Previous button 
cycles through objects in the opposite order in which they were drawn.
The Next button 
cycles through objects in the order in which they were drawn.
Changing the Alignment Justification
The Justification buttons set the position of the aligned objects in relation to the alignment point.
The Left button 
positions objects so the left edge of the left-most object aligns to the alignment point.
The Center button 
centers objects around the alignment point.
The Right button 
positions objects so the right edge of the right-most object aligns to the alignment point.
The Distribute Horizontally button 
spaces objects evenly on the path.
Designer removes warps, rotations, and skews of objects that are distributed along a path. If you want to keep their previous transformations, convert the objects to curves (keyboard shortcut CTRL+R) before you distribute them.
The Pitch buttons set the orientation, or pitch, of the aligned objects in relation to the path. Click the current Pitch button to display the other pitch options.
The Rotate button 
aligns the objects along a path by rotating, but not changing the shapes.
The No Rotation button 
places objects along a path without skewing or rotating the shapes.
Changing the Alignment Direction
The Direction buttons set the direction in which objects align along the path.
The Backward button 
aligns objects in the opposite direction in which the path was drawn (the alignment direction is endpoint to origin).
The Forward Direction button 
aligns objects in the direction in which the path was drawn (the alignment direction is origin to endpoint).
The Offset % box controls where objects vertically rest on a path. An offset of 100 aligns the bottom of the objects to the path, an offset of 0 aligns the middle of the objects to the path, and an offset of -100 aligns the top of the objects to the path.
An offset greater than 100 (to the limit of 200) aligns the bottom of the objects above the path. An offset less than -100 (to the limit of -200) aligns the top of the objects below the path.
The Alignment Point buttons 
set the location on the path of the point used to align the objects. The alignment point can be set to the fixed locations of left, center, and right for open paths or top, left, right, and bottom for closed paths.
The Choose Position button 
lets you set the alignment point to a custom location.
