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See the License for the 21*f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22*f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist * under the License. 23*f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist * 24*f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 25*f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist 26*f15c1fe4SAndrew Rist 27cdf0e10cSrcweir 28cdf0e10cSrcweir 29cdf0e10cSrcweir <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsdrawguidegroupsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Grouping Objects</title> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp</filename> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150793"><bookmark_value>grouping; draw objects</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>draw objects; grouping</bookmark_value> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw delelted "groups;entering" and copied "selecting;group objects" to the new shared guide groups.xhp.</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150793" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="26"><variable id="groups"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp" name="Grouping Objects">Grouping Objects</link> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153728" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">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> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147434" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64">Temporary - group only lasts as long as all of the combined objects are selected.</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="65">Assigned - group lasts until it is ungrouped through a menu command.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145252" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="66">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> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="28">To group objects:</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3155600"> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Select the objects you want to group and choose <emph>Modify - Group</emph>.</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148485" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">For example, you can group all of the objects in a company logo to move and resize the logo as a single object.</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147002" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">After you have grouped objects, selecting any part of the group selects the entire group.</paragraph> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="55">Selecting Objects in a Group</paragraph> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150361"> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156450" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">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> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3152899"> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151239" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150213" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">To exit a group, double-click anywhere outside it.</paragraph> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/combine_etc.xhp#combine_etc"/> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 97
