A device for aligning sheets prior to transferring the sheets to a sheet-processing
machine includes at least one sheet-gripping device by the aid of which the sheet
to be aligned is displaceable, the sheet-gripping device having at least one positioning
table displaceable by an actuating drive in at least one of a sheet travel direction,
transversely to the sheet travel direction, and in a direction wherein it is pivoted
about an axis extending in a direction orthogonal to the sheet travel direction,
the sheet to be aligned being fixable on the positioning table; and a method for
aligning sheets by the device.