Grouping and Ungrouping Objects

In a DSFdesign Studio product, you can group some objects together and then move, rotate, or line up all the objects in the group at the same time. For example, you may have some text, a line, and a rectangle that you want to move to one corner of the product and then line up the same way. By grouping these three objects, you can move them in one step and line them up in another step, instead of moving and lining up each object individually. When objects are part of a group, the system ensures they are lined up the same way, for example, by their right edges. Likewise, if you rotate a group, all the objects in the group are turned at the same angle.

To group objects

1. Click the first object you want in the group, press Shift, and click the other objects you want in the group. They are now all enclosed in a rectangle.

Note: You can also group objects by clicking one object, clicking , clicking , pressing Shift, and clicking the other objects you want in the group.

2. Do any of the following:

● Move the group by dragging it when the pointer changes to .

● Rotate the group.

● Change the way the objects in the group are lined up in relationship to one another by clicking and then clicking one of the alignment buttons to line up the objects in the group.

To ungroup objects

After you finish moving, rotating, or lining up a group of objects, ungroup the objects so you can work with the individual objects again.

1. If necessary, click .

2. Click .

Grouping and Ungrouping Objects

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