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Hold down Shift while you click the individual objects.</paragraph> 67 </listitem> 68 <listitem> 69 <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> 70 </listitem> 71 <listitem> 72 <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> 73 <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> 74 </listitem> 75 </list> 76 <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> 77 <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> 78 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7424237" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To enter a group</paragraph> 79 <list type="ordered"> 80 <listitem> 81 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1388592" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 82 </listitem> 83 <listitem> 84 <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> 85 </listitem> 86 <listitem> 87 <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> 88 </listitem> 89 </list> 90 <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> 91 <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> 92 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9141819" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To exit a group</paragraph> 93 <list type="ordered"> 94 <listitem> 95 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6354869" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 96 </listitem> 97 <listitem> 98 <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> 99 </listitem> 100 </list> 101 <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> 102 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7889950" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To ungroup a group</paragraph> 103 <list type="ordered"> 104 <listitem> 105 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3236182" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 106 </listitem> 107 <listitem> 108 <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> 109 </listitem> 110 </list> 111 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8111819" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Now you can select and edit all objects as individual objects.</paragraph> 112 <section id="relatedtopics"> 113 114 <embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 115 <embed href="text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp#groups"/> 116 117 </section> 118 </body> 119</helpdocument> 120