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See the License for the 19 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20 * under the License. 21 * 22 ***********************************************************--> 23 24<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25<meta> 26<topic id="textsdrawguidegroupsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Grouping Objects</title> 28<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp</filename> 29</topic> 30</meta> 31<body> 32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150793"> 33<bookmark_value>grouping; draw objects</bookmark_value> 34<bookmark_value>draw objects; grouping</bookmark_value> 35</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "groups;entering" and copied "selecting;group objects" to the new shared guide groups.xhp.</comment> 36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150793" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="groups"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp" name="Grouping Objects">Grouping Objects</link> 37</variable></paragraph> 38<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153728" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">You can combine several objects into a group so that they act as a single object. You can move and transform all objects in a group as a single unit. You can also change the properties (for example, line size, fill color) of all objects in a group as a whole or for individual objects in a group. Groups can be temporary or assigned:</paragraph> 39<list type="unordered"> 40<listitem> 41<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147434" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Temporary - group only lasts as long as all of the combined objects are selected.</paragraph> 42</listitem> 43<listitem> 44<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Assigned - group lasts until it is ungrouped through a menu command.</paragraph> 45</listitem> 46</list> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145252" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Groups can also be grouped in other groups. Actions applied to a group do not affect the relative position of the individual objects to each other in the group.</paragraph> 48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">To group objects:</paragraph> 49<table id="tbl_id3155600"> 50<tablerow> 51<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 53<image id="img_id3145643" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_formatgroup.png" width="0.1665inch" height="0.1665inch"><alt id="alt_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 54</image></paragraph> 55</tablecell> 56<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Select the objects you want to group and choose <emph>Modify - Group</emph>.</paragraph> 58</tablecell> 59</tablerow> 60</table> 61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148485" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">For example, you can group all of the objects in a company logo to move and resize the logo as a single object.</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147002" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">After you have grouped objects, selecting any part of the group selects the entire group.</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Selecting Objects in a Group</paragraph> 64<table id="tbl_id3150361"> 65<tablerow> 66<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 68<image id="img_id3155376" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_entergroup.png" width="0.1665inch" height="0.1665inch"><alt id="alt_id3155376" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 69</image></paragraph> 70</tablecell> 71<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 72<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156450" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">You can select single objects in a group by entering the group. Double-click a group to enter it and click on the object to select it. You can also add or delete objects to and from a group in this mode. The objects that are not part of the group are grayed out.</paragraph> 73</tablecell> 74</tablerow> 75</table> 76<table id="tbl_id3152899"> 77<tablerow> 78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151239" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 80<image id="img_id3155264" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_leavegroup.png" width="0.1665inch" height="0.1665inch"><alt id="alt_id3155264" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 81</image></paragraph> 82</tablecell> 83<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150213" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">To exit a group, double-click anywhere outside it.</paragraph> 85</tablecell> 86</tablerow> 87</table> 88<section id="relatedtopics"> 89<embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 90<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/combine_etc.xhp#combine_etc"/> 91</section> 92</body> 93</helpdocument> 94
