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35<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150012" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/simpress/01/13140000.xhp" name="Combine">Combine</link></paragraph>
36<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146974" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid=".uno:Combine">Combines two or more selected objects into a single shape.</ahelp> Unlike <link href="text/shared/01/05290000.xhp" name="grouping">grouping</link>, a combined object takes on the properties of the lowermost object in the stacking order. You can <link href="text/simpress/01/13150000.xhp" name="split">split</link> apart combined objects, but the original object properties are lost.</paragraph>
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38<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153876" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">When you combine objects, the drawing elements are replaced by Bézier curves and holes appear where the objects overlap.</paragraph>
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