Group Object

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Group is a virtual object - a group of multimedia objects.

Grouping is effective for protecting and maintaining connections and relations between objects. If you move group you move all the objects in the group. The same for most of the actions like Show, Hide etc...

Group command lets you lock objects together to create a single object.

You can select any grouped objects to move, copy or hide them.

•	Create a group of objects

How to create a group of objects:

•	Select all the objects you want in the group.

•	Choose Group from the Arrange menu (or CTRL+G) to create the group.

•	Add objects to group

How to add object to an existing group of objects:

•	Select the object, hold down SHIFT, and select the desired group.

•	Click Add to Group button, or from menu Arrange select Add to Group.

Also, a group can be added to another one the same way.

•	First, remember to select the object you want to add and the group where you want to place the object

•	Remove objects from group

How to remove object from an existing group of objects:

You can remove (ungroup) single objects from the group.

Select the objects inside the group in the Object list, and press Remove from Group button.

•	Ungroup objects

How to ungroup objects:

•	Select the group.

•	Choose Ungroup command from Arrange menu (or CTRL+U).

Within the group, you still have access to the properties of each object through Group Properties.

The group command also lets you create nested groups – groups composed of objects or groups of objects.

To select and group an object by its name, use the Group Manager command.

Tip:

Group objects together if you want to prevent accidental changes to related objects.

Group Manager can help you to create groups by selecting the names of objects. Select objects by their name, and assemble them into a group. This is great if you want to create a group from objects by theirs name.

Note: A group could have nested groups - for example if you group a two other groups together.