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FIGURE 7-31 Fill and Stroke window

8. You need to get this circle in the exact center of the gear. Make sure the arrow
selector is active. Click and drag a box around the big gear and the circle to
select them. From the menu bar, select Object | Align and Distribute. Click the
Center objects horizontally button (highlighted in Figure 7-32). Then click the
button directly below it, which is Center objects vertically. Now you have a
gear with a hole perfectly centered! Copy and paste this circle, and repeat this
step to center a circle in the other gear.