<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. * * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. * * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed * with this work for additional information regarding copyright * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . --> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsimpress0113140000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Combine</title> <filename>/text/simpress/01/13140000.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> <lastedited date="2004-10-11T14:52:13">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> </history> </meta> <body> <section id="kombination"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:Combine" id="bm_id5436426" localize="false"/><!-- HID added by script --> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:Combine" id="bm_id3152597" localize="false"/> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150012" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/simpress/01/13140000.xhp" name="Combine">Combine</link></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146974" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><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> </section> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153876" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">When you combine objects, the drawing elements are replaced by Bézier curves and holes appear where the objects overlap.</paragraph> <section id="howtoget"> <embed href="text/simpress/00/00000413.xhp#adnkbi"/> </section> </body> </helpdocument>