1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 41ab4867aSmseidel * 5f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 8f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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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> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 41*0d18cdd1Smseidel<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> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 44*0d18cdd1Smseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Assigned - group lasts until it is ungrouped through a menu command.</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 47*0d18cdd1Smseidel<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*0d18cdd1Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">To group objects:</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3155600"> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 541ab4867aSmseidel</image></paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 57*0d18cdd1Smseidel<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> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 61*0d18cdd1Smseidel<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*0d18cdd1Smseidel<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*0d18cdd1Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Selecting Objects in a Group</paragraph> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150361"> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 691ab4867aSmseidel</image></paragraph> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 72*0d18cdd1Smseidel<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> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3152899"> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151239" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 811ab4867aSmseidel</image></paragraph> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84*0d18cdd1Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150213" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">To exit a group, double-click anywhere outside it.</paragraph> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/combine_etc.xhp#combine_etc"/> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 94
