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+ <helpdocument version="1.0">
+<meta>
+<topic id="textsharedguidegroupsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Working with Groups </title>
+<filename>/text/shared/guide/groups.xhp</filename>
+</topic>
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+<body>
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+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id6888027"><bookmark_value>groups;entering/exiting/ungrouping</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>frames; selection frames</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>selecting;objects</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>exiting;groups</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>entering groups</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>ungrouping groups</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>selection frames</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>multiple selection</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>marking, see selecting</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark>
+ <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>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id2454298" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="groups"><link href="text/shared/guide/groups.xhp">Working with Groups</link>
+</variable></paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2307199" role="paragraph">You can combine several graphic objects into a group so that you can use them like a single object. </paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9983825" role="paragraph">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>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5734733" role="paragraph">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>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id561540" role="paragraph">Groups can also be nested to form groups within other groups. </paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7705618" role="heading" level="3">To group objects</paragraph>
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id607013" role="paragraph">Select the objects together that you want to group. Hold down Shift while you click the individual objects.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1399578" role="paragraph">Right-click any of the selected objects to open the context menu. In Calc or Writer, commands are in a submenu <emph>Group</emph>, while in Impress or Draw, they are at the toplevel of the context menu. </paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id598162" role="paragraph">Choose <emph>Group</emph>.</paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6738792" role="note">To select the objects, you can also drag a selection frame around the objects.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7309793" role="paragraph">For example, you can group all of the objects in a company logo to move and resize the logo as a single object.</paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1227759" role="paragraph">After you have grouped objects, selecting any part of the group selects the entire group.</paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7424237" role="heading" level="3">To enter a group</paragraph>
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1388592" role="paragraph">Right-click any object of the group. In Calc or Writer, commands are in a submenu <emph>Group</emph>, while in Impress or Draw, they are at the toplevel of the context menu.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id343943" role="paragraph">Choose <emph>Enter Group</emph>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8726767" role="paragraph">Now you can select and edit a single object in the group.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id691549" role="paragraph">You can add or delete objects to and from a group in this mode. </paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9909665" role="paragraph">The objects that are not part of the group are shown with dimmed colors.</paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9141819" role="heading" level="3">To exit a group</paragraph>
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6354869" role="paragraph">Right-click any object of the group. In Calc or Writer, commands are in a submenu <emph>Group</emph>, while in Impress or Draw, they are at the toplevel of the context menu.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2685323" role="paragraph">Choose <emph>Exit Group</emph>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6042664" role="paragraph">To exit a group in Draw or Impress, you can also double-click anywhere outside the group.</paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7889950" role="heading" level="3">To ungroup a group</paragraph>
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3236182" role="paragraph">Right-click any object of the group. In Calc or Writer, commands are in a submenu <emph>Group</emph>, while in Impress or Draw, they are at the toplevel of the context menu.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1251258" role="paragraph">Choose <emph>Ungroup</emph>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8111819" role="paragraph">Now you can select and edit all objects as individual objects.</paragraph>
+ <section id="relatedtopics">
+
+ <embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/>
+ <embed href="text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp#groups"/>
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+ </section>
+ </body>
+</helpdocument>