Grouping objects

Grouping objects together creates one object. This might be the way to go if you are moving objects or working with multiple objects on one slide. Instead of formatting each object separately, you can group them and then apply formatting. In the instance or designing manuals, when objects relevant to each other are grouped together, they can be moved together from one position in the document to another without repeating the step for each part of the drawing. An example would be to group labels on a picture so that they stay intact when moving to another location in the presentation:

1. Use the Selection pane, as per the previous example, to select the objects on a slide. Alternatively, select the objects that you wish to combine into one object. To do this, click on the first object and hold down the Shift or Ctrl key on the keyboard. Move your mouse pointer to the second object, making sure that the Shift key (or Ctrl key) is still depressed, and click on each object to add it to the group.
2. To form a group, click on the Drawing Tools Format tab and select the Group icon drop-down list.
3. Alternatively, right-click the selected objects and choose the Group option.
4. The object will become one movable object.

5. To ungroup objects, simply navigate to the Group options and select Ungroup.