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If not, see 28 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 29 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 30 * 31 ************************************************************************ 32 --> 33 34 35 <helpdocument version="1.0"> 36<meta> 37<topic id="textsdrawguidegroupsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 38<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Grouping Objects</title> 39<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp</filename> 40</topic> 41</meta> 42<body> 43<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150793"><bookmark_value>grouping; draw objects</bookmark_value> 44<bookmark_value>draw objects; grouping</bookmark_value> 45</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> 46</variable></paragraph> 47<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> 48<list type="unordered"> 49<listitem> 50<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> 51</listitem> 52<listitem> 53<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> 54</listitem> 55</list> 56<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> 57<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="28">To group objects:</paragraph> 58<table id="tbl_id3155600"> 59<tablerow> 60<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 62<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> 63 </image></paragraph> 64</tablecell> 65<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 66<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> 67</tablecell> 68</tablerow> 69</table> 70<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> 71<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> 72<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="55">Selecting Objects in a Group</paragraph> 73<table id="tbl_id3150361"> 74<tablerow> 75<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 77<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> 78 </image></paragraph> 79</tablecell> 80<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 81<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> 82</tablecell> 83</tablerow> 84</table> 85<table id="tbl_id3152899"> 86<tablerow> 87<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 88<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151239" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 89<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> 90 </image></paragraph> 91</tablecell> 92<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 93<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150213" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">To exit a group, double-click anywhere outside it.</paragraph> 94</tablecell> 95</tablerow> 96</table> 97<section id="relatedtopics"> 98<embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 99<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/combine_etc.xhp#combine_etc"/> 100</section> 101</body> 102</helpdocument> 103
