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Chapter 6: Creating Drawings with Draw

This new object is a group which consists of the specified

number of individual objects. Enter the group by pressing F3

and then edit the individual objects. The Modify menu in Draw

contains all the necessary commands for working with groups

and these functions can be also found in Impress under the

Format > Group menu command or in the context menu.

Further information can be found in Help.

1. Working With a Group of Objects

Several objects at one time can be selected, grouped, combined, merged, subtracted and

intersected.

• Selecting several objects at the same time has a temporary effect; i.e. whenever the mouse

is clicked elsewhere on the page or slide, the grouped area is deselected.

• Grouping and combining are valid until the group or the combination is deselected using

the command from the context menu or the Modify menu.

These commands can also be used to group together several groups, add a combination and

combine the results as a group or combination.

Grouping Objects

Several objects can be combined into a group. To do this, select them together, right-click to

bring up the context menu and choose Group. Any and all changes made to a group have an

effect on all objects in the group. In particular, groups can be moved, rotated, etc. as a single

object.

For example, in drawing a bicycle, first construct a wheel, composed of a tire, rim, spokes,

and hub, and then group these objects together. This makes it easy to rotate the wheel,

duplicate it, and move the second wheel to the appropriate position. Finally, draw the frame

and the rest of the bicycle, and form a new group.

To edit an object that is part of a group, there is no need to redefine the group. Use the

Enter group command which allows editing any object in the group. When edits are

completed,

Entering Groups

Enter a group by first selecting it, either by clicking it or by using the keyboard. Once

selected, the user can decide whether to employ the context menu command, the F3 key or

double-clicking the group to enter it.

Exiting Groups

Exiting a group may be accomplished in these three ways: using a menu command, the key

combination

Ctrl+F3, or double-clicking outside all of the objects in the group. The group remains

selected upon exit; thus making it possible to quickly enter and exit a group using the

keyboard.

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