Keynote 9 and objects alignment problems

Question

Why keynote does not align object using the first one selected as stated in the user guide?
It will rather use the highest one for top, the lowest one for bottom and a ponderate value for all objects for middle.
Same problem for left center right.
If I do align top with an order like (1 being the 1st selected, 2 the 2nd and 3 the 3rd).
     2                                             1     2          3
1                       I end up with                              Rather than 1     2          3
               3
If I do align top with
     3                                             2     3          1
2                      I end up with                               Rather than
               1                                                                                      2     3          1
Can this be changed somewhere?
This is just not logical at all. The first object should be the reference for the alignment.
There also is a problem with distribution, it uses the farthest left and the farthest right in Horizontal distribution rather
than first and last selected.
This is against the documentation.
Cheers.
Joffrey.

Answer 1

Hello.
Thanks for your reply. Indeed, these alignment guides are a powerful and great tool that I use all the time.
Nevertheless when it comes to aligning a big amount of shapes, I can't be bothered doing it one by one.
In the manual of Keynote 09' it is written page 89 and 90:
Quickly Aligning Objects Relative to One Another
You can use menu commands to quickly move objects on the same slide in alignment or space them equally apart. First, you must select all the objects you want to align (hold down the Shift or Command key as you click each object to select it).
To align selected objects:
m    To align the objects with each other, choose Arrange > Align Objects and then choose one of the alignment options in the submenu.
Left:  Positions objects so that their left edges align vertically to the first object you select.
Center:  Positions objects so that their centers align vertically to the first object you select.
Right:  Positions objects so that their right edges align vertically to the first object you select.
Top:  Positions objects so that their top edges align horizontally to the first object you select.
Middle:  Moves objects vertically so that their centers align horizontally to the first object you select.
Bottom:  Positions objects so that their bottom edges align horizontally to the first object you select.
There is a discrepency between the manual and what Keynote actually does.
I know there are lots of way to circumvent this alignment problem, I would just want to know if there is a place, in a config file, may be where this can be switch from topper to first one for example in case of an align top.
Any other tools such as Omnigrafle, Axure, Visio, Adobe suites, you name it, do it using the first selected object. I whish Keynote would act as expected.