How to align multiple artboards in Adobe Illustrator CS4

Question

I have a bunch of artboards in a file and I want to align them accurately, like the way I can align graphic objects with Align panel. The alternative is to use a grid and align them manually with a mouse but may be there is a better way? Thanks!

Answer 1

CS5 has this easy option - not sure about CS4 :

Object > Artboards > Rearrange

you can then dictate direction and spacing of the multiple artboards - hope this helps

Answer 2

If I remember right in CS4, once artboards, you can't align them with the Align palette. But I know that in CS5 you can make the shapes to your liking first, align them, and then convert them to artboards using Object > Artboards > Convert to Artboards. Perhaps CS4 also has this option?