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Hold down Shift while you click the individual objects.</paragraph> 54a8542a9bSmseidel</listitem> 55a8542a9bSmseidel<listitem> 56*774cccebSmseidel<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> 57a8542a9bSmseidel</listitem> 58a8542a9bSmseidel<listitem> 59a8542a9bSmseidel<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> 60a8542a9bSmseidel<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> 61a8542a9bSmseidel</listitem> 62a8542a9bSmseidel</list> 63a8542a9bSmseidel<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> 64a8542a9bSmseidel<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> 65a8542a9bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7424237" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To enter a group</paragraph> 66a8542a9bSmseidel<list type="ordered"> 67a8542a9bSmseidel<listitem> 68a8542a9bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1388592" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 69a8542a9bSmseidel</listitem> 70a8542a9bSmseidel<listitem> 71a8542a9bSmseidel<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> 72a8542a9bSmseidel</listitem> 73a8542a9bSmseidel<listitem> 74a8542a9bSmseidel<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> 75a8542a9bSmseidel</listitem> 76a8542a9bSmseidel</list> 77*774cccebSmseidel<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> 78a8542a9bSmseidel<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> 79a8542a9bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9141819" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To exit a group</paragraph> 80a8542a9bSmseidel<list type="ordered"> 81a8542a9bSmseidel<listitem> 82a8542a9bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6354869" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 83a8542a9bSmseidel</listitem> 84a8542a9bSmseidel<listitem> 85a8542a9bSmseidel<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> 86a8542a9bSmseidel</listitem> 87a8542a9bSmseidel</list> 88a8542a9bSmseidel<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> 89a8542a9bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7889950" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To ungroup a group</paragraph> 90a8542a9bSmseidel<list type="ordered"> 91a8542a9bSmseidel<listitem> 92a8542a9bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3236182" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 93a8542a9bSmseidel</listitem> 94a8542a9bSmseidel<listitem> 95a8542a9bSmseidel<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> 96a8542a9bSmseidel</listitem> 97a8542a9bSmseidel</list> 98a8542a9bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8111819" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Now you can select and edit all objects as individual objects.</paragraph> 99a8542a9bSmseidel<section id="relatedtopics"> 100a8542a9bSmseidel<embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 101a8542a9bSmseidel<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp#groups"/> 102a8542a9bSmseidel</section> 103a8542a9bSmseidel</body> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 105