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  40 <topic id="textsharedguidegroupsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  41 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Working with Groups </title>
  42 <filename>/text/shared/guide/groups.xhp</filename>
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  49 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id6888027"><bookmark_value>groups;entering/exiting/ungrouping</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>frames; selection frames</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>selecting;objects</bookmark_value>
  52 <bookmark_value>exiting;groups</bookmark_value>
  53 <bookmark_value>entering groups</bookmark_value>
  54 <bookmark_value>ungrouping groups</bookmark_value>
  55 <bookmark_value>selection frames</bookmark_value>
  56 <bookmark_value>multiple selection</bookmark_value>
  57 <bookmark_value>marking, see selecting</bookmark_value>
  58 </bookmark>
  59   <comment>mw copied "frames;" and "selecting;" from shared/02/01140000.xhp; and deleted "selecting;group objects"; added 2 new entries and a see-reference</comment>
  60   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id2454298" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="groups"><link href="text/shared/guide/groups.xhp">Working with Groups</link>
  61 </variable></paragraph>
  62   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2307199" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can combine several graphic objects into a group so that you can use them like a single object. </paragraph>
  63   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9983825" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can move, transform, resize, distort, or convert all objects in a group together, and you can enter the group any time to change the individual objects. </paragraph>
  64   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5734733" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can change the properties (line size, fill color, and more) of all objects in a group together, and you can enter the group and change the individual objects. </paragraph>
  65   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id561540" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Groups can also be nested to form groups within other groups. </paragraph>
  66   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7705618" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To group objects</paragraph>
  67   <list type="ordered">
  68    <listitem>
  69     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id607013" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the objects together that you want to group. Hold down Shift while you click the individual objects.</paragraph>
  70    </listitem>
  71    <listitem>
  72     <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>
  73    </listitem>
  74    <listitem>
  75     <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>
  76     <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>
  77    </listitem>
  78   </list>
  79   <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>
  80   <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>
  81   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7424237" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To enter a group</paragraph>
  82   <list type="ordered">
  83    <listitem>
  84     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1388592" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph>
  85    </listitem>
  86    <listitem>
  87     <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>
  88    </listitem>
  89    <listitem>
  90     <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>
  91    </listitem>
  92   </list>
  93   <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>
  94   <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>
  95   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9141819" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To exit a group</paragraph>
  96   <list type="ordered">
  97    <listitem>
  98     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6354869" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph>
  99    </listitem>
 100    <listitem>
 101     <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>
 102    </listitem>
 103   </list>
 104   <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>
 105   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7889950" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To ungroup a group</paragraph>
 106   <list type="ordered">
 107    <listitem>
 108     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3236182" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph>
 109    </listitem>
 110    <listitem>
 111     <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>
 112    </listitem>
 113   </list>
 114   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8111819" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Now you can select and edit all objects as individual objects.</paragraph>
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