When doing my own work (which is 99.99999% of the time), I do use typed-in coordinates to align my components. I don't use the block method. However, I was recently saddled with a 24-page book that someone else had designed. They had placed each bit of minute text and graphics into their own separate boxes. Envision, if you will, an 11x17 table (one of 2, two page spreads of charts!) with approximately 350 separated elements. (Awful; still recovering from that one.) Not one bloody thing lined up. Is there a way to group select a bunch of different elements on separate pages--or even on the same page for that matter-- so you could have each element begin at the same edge? The time I tried to do that with a bunch of staggered text boxes, all it did was align to the element in the forefront. If you do, please let me know. Could have saved me a lot of time and tenseness with this project.

Also, when I commanded SHOW GUIDES what appeared on the screen could have been likened to looking through the bars of a multi-doored jail cell. It would have taken me half the day to remove the LAYERS of guidelines. I think this designer used every increment in the book, but didn't bother to apply any of them to the actual layout.

**Also only used my block to do a quick run-through eyeball for spacing. Had three hours to get it out the door. It was faster than cursoring in each singular text box to verify leading and column spacing.

EDIT: Just answered my own question. Space Align>Item Relative.
BTW- Thanks for nudging my lazy bones into learning more about programs I've become accustomed to.

ttfn!
3dogmama