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Hold down Shift while you click the individual objects.</paragraph> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 75*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 76*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7424237" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To enter a group</paragraph> 79*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 80*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 81*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1388592" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 82*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 83*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 84*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 86*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 87*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 89*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 90*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9141819" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To exit a group</paragraph> 93*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 94*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 95*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6354869" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 96*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 97*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 98*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 100*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 101*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7889950" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To ungroup a group</paragraph> 103*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 104*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 105*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3236182" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph> 106*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 107*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 108*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 110*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 111*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 113*cdf0e10cSrcweir 114*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 115*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp#groups"/> 116*cdf0e10cSrcweir 117*cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 118*cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 119*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 120