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<bookmark_value>selecting;group objects</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>entering groups</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>ungrouping groups</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2307199" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can combine several graphic objects into a group so that you can use them like a single object. </paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9983825" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5734733" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id561540" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Groups can also be nested to form groups within other groups. </paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id7705618" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To group objects</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id607013" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the objects together that you want to group. Hold down Shift while you click the individual objects.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1399578" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Right-click any of the selected objects to open the context menu. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id598162" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In Impress or Draw, choose Group. In Calc or Writer, choose Group - Group.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7309793" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1227759" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">After you have grouped objects, selecting any part of the group selects the entire group.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id7424237" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To enter a group</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1388592" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id343943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In Impress or Draw, choose Enter Group. In Calc or Writer, choose Group - Edit Group.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8726767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Now you can select and edit a single object in the group.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id691549" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can add or delete objects to and from a group in this mode. </paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9909665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The objects that are not part of the group are shown with dimmed colors.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id9141819" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To exit a group</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6354869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2685323" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In Impress or Draw, choose Exit Group. In Calc or Writer, choose Group - Exit Group.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6042664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To exit a group in Draw or Impress, you can also double-click anywhere outside the group.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id7889950" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To ungroup a group</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3236182" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Right-click any object of the group.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1251258" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In Impress or Draw, choose Ungroup. In Calc or Writer, choose Group - Ungroup.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8111819" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Now you can select and edit all objects as individual objects.</paragraph>
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