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See the License for the 19 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20 * under the License. 21 * 22 ***********************************************************--> 23 24<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25<meta> 26<topic id="textsdrawguidegroupsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Grouping Objects</title> 28<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp</filename> 29</topic> 30</meta> 31<body> 32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150793"><bookmark_value>grouping; draw objects</bookmark_value> 33<bookmark_value>draw objects; grouping</bookmark_value> 34</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> 35</variable></paragraph> 36<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> 37<list type="unordered"> 38<listitem> 39<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> 40</listitem> 41<listitem> 42<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> 43</listitem> 44</list> 45<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> 46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="28">To group objects:</paragraph> 47<table id="tbl_id3155600"> 48<tablerow> 49<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 51<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> 52</image></paragraph> 53</tablecell> 54<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 55<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> 56</tablecell> 57</tablerow> 58</table> 59<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> 60<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> 61<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="55">Selecting Objects in a Group</paragraph> 62<table id="tbl_id3150361"> 63<tablerow> 64<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 66<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> 67</image></paragraph> 68</tablecell> 69<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 70<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> 71</tablecell> 72</tablerow> 73</table> 74<table id="tbl_id3152899"> 75<tablerow> 76<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 77<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151239" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 78<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> 79</image></paragraph> 80</tablecell> 81<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 82<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150213" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">To exit a group, double-click anywhere outside it.</paragraph> 83</tablecell> 84</tablerow> 85</table> 86<section id="relatedtopics"> 87<embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> 88<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/combine_etc.xhp#combine_etc"/> 89</section> 90</body> 91</helpdocument> 92