I can totally relate to learning key options that save massive amounts of time and alleviates frustration! I spent more time than I care to admit spacing by hand numerous items in columns or rows (most commonly class name lists on shirts). Then one day frustration led me to think, "there HAS to be a better way to do this!" then I discovered the "align" panel and the option there to space items evenly across the entire workspace or in within the space between two outer items. HUGE improvement! Now I use it daily and its hard to imagine not using that tool! We are all learning and growing!
In Corel I have all the align options set to hot keys, as well as all the shaping tools and many many others. Hot keys alone saves immense amounts of time.
I still can't believe Ctrl-A is NOT still align and distribute by default. See problems it could fix every week...
