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See the License for the 21 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22 * under the License. 23 * 24 ***********************************************************--> 25 26 27 28 29 <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30<meta> 31<topic id="textsdrawguidegroupsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Grouping Objects</title> 33<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp</filename> 34</topic> 35</meta> 36<body> 37<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150793"><bookmark_value>grouping; draw objects</bookmark_value> 38<bookmark_value>draw objects; grouping</bookmark_value> 39</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> 40</variable></paragraph> 41<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> 42<list type="unordered"> 43<listitem> 44<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> 45</listitem> 46<listitem> 47<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> 48</listitem> 49</list> 50<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> 51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="28">To group objects:</paragraph> 52<table id="tbl_id3155600"> 53<tablerow> 54<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 56<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> 57 </image></paragraph> 58</tablecell> 59<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 60<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> 61</tablecell> 62</tablerow> 63</table> 64<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> 65<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> 66<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="55">Selecting Objects in a Group</paragraph> 67<table id="tbl_id3150361"> 68<tablerow> 69<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 71<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> 72 </image></paragraph> 73</tablecell> 74<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 75<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> 76</tablecell> 77</tablerow> 78</table> 79<table id="tbl_id3152899"> 80<tablerow> 81<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 82<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151239" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 83<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> 84 </image></paragraph> 85</tablecell> 86<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 87<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150213" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">To exit a group, double-click anywhere outside it.</paragraph> 88</tablecell> 89</tablerow> 90</table> 91<section id="relatedtopics"> 92<embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 93<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/combine_etc.xhp#combine_etc"/> 94</section> 95</body> 96</helpdocument> 97
