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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="textsharedguidegroupsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Working with Groups</title> 28<filename>/text/shared/guide/groups.xhp</filename> 29</topic> 30</meta> 31<body> 32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id6888027"> 33<bookmark_value>groups;entering/exiting/ungrouping</bookmark_value> 34<bookmark_value>frames; selection frames</bookmark_value> 35<bookmark_value>selecting;objects</bookmark_value> 36<bookmark_value>exiting;groups</bookmark_value> 37<bookmark_value>entering groups</bookmark_value> 38<bookmark_value>ungrouping groups</bookmark_value> 39<bookmark_value>selection frames</bookmark_value> 40<bookmark_value>multiple selection</bookmark_value> 41<bookmark_value>marking, see selecting</bookmark_value> 42</bookmark> 43<comment>mw copied "frames;" and "selecting;" from shared/02/01140000.xhp; and deleted "selecting;group objects"; added 2 new entries and a see-reference</comment> 44<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id2454298" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="groups"><link href="text/shared/guide/groups.xhp">Working with Groups</link> 45</variable></paragraph> 46<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2307199" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can combine several graphic objects into a group so that you can use them like a single object.</paragraph> 47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9983825" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can move, transform, resize, distort, or convert all objects in a group together, and you can enter the group any time to change the individual objects.</paragraph> 48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5734733" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can change the properties (line size, fill color, and more) of all objects in a group together, and you can enter the group and change the individual objects.</paragraph> 49<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id561540" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Groups can also be nested to form groups within other groups.</paragraph> 50<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7705618" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To group objects</paragraph> 51<list type="ordered"> 52<listitem> 53<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id607013" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the objects together that you want to group. Hold down Shift while you click the individual objects.</paragraph> 54</listitem> 55<listitem> 56<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1399578" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any of the selected objects to open the context menu.</paragraph> 57</listitem> 58<listitem> 59<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id598162" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In Impress or Draw, choose Group. In Calc or Writer, choose Group - Group.</paragraph> 60<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6738792" role="note" l10n="NEW">To select the objects, you can also drag a selection frame around the objects.</paragraph> 61</listitem> 62</list> 63<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7309793" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">For example, you can group all of the objects in a company logo to move and resize the logo as a single object.</paragraph> 64<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1227759" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">After you have grouped objects, selecting any part of the group selects the entire group.</paragraph> 65<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7424237" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To enter a group</paragraph> 66<list type="ordered"> 67<listitem> 68<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1388592" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 69</listitem> 70<listitem> 71<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id343943" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In Impress or Draw, choose Enter Group. In Calc or Writer, choose Group - Edit Group.</paragraph> 72</listitem> 73<listitem> 74<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8726767" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Now you can select and edit a single object in the group.</paragraph> 75</listitem> 76</list> 77<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id691549" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can add or delete objects to and from a group in this mode.</paragraph> 78<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9909665" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The objects that are not part of the group are shown with dimmed colors.</paragraph> 79<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9141819" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To exit a group</paragraph> 80<list type="ordered"> 81<listitem> 82<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6354869" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 83</listitem> 84<listitem> 85<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2685323" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In Impress or Draw, choose Exit Group. In Calc or Writer, choose Group - Exit Group.</paragraph> 86</listitem> 87</list> 88<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6042664" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To exit a group in Draw or Impress, you can also double-click anywhere outside the group.</paragraph> 89<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7889950" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To ungroup a group</paragraph> 90<list type="ordered"> 91<listitem> 92<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3236182" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 93</listitem> 94<listitem> 95<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1251258" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In Impress or Draw, choose Ungroup. In Calc or Writer, choose Group - Ungroup.</paragraph> 96</listitem> 97</list> 98<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8111819" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Now you can select and edit all objects as individual objects.</paragraph> 99<section id="relatedtopics"> 100<embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 101<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp#groups"/> 102</section> 103</body> 104</helpdocument> 105