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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> 48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="28">To group objects:</paragraph> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3155600"> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="55">Selecting Objects in a Group</paragraph> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150361"> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 75*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 76*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 77*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 79*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 80*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 81*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 83*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 84*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 85*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3152899"> 86*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 87*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 88*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151239" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 89*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 91*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 92*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 93*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 95*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 96*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 97*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 98*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 99*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/combine_etc.xhp#combine_etc"/> 100*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 101*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 102*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 103
