Operation Manual

202 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide
To Do the following
Select an object in a nested group
Hold down Ctrl, click the Pick tool , and then click an object
one or more times, until a selection box appears around it.
Select an object hidden from view by other objects
Hold down Alt, click the Pick tool or the Freehand pick tool
, and then click the topmost object one or more times, until a
selection box appears around the hidden object.
Select multiple hidden objects
Hold down Shift + Alt, click the Pick tool or the Freehand
pick tool , and then click the topmost object one or more
times, until a selection box appears around the hidden objects.
Select a hidden object in a group
Hold down Ctrl + Alt, click the Pick tool , and then click the
topmost object one or more times, until a selection box appears
around the hidden object.
The status bar displays a description of each hidden object as you select it.
To create a selection group
1
Click the Pick tool , hold down Shift, and click each object that you want to include in the selection group.
2 Press Ctrl + a number from 0 to 9.
The number you pressed is associated with the new selection group.

You can also 
Select all objects in a selection group Press the number associated with the selection group.
Select and zoom in on all objects in a selection group Press twice the number associated with the selection group.
Add an object to a selection group Select the object, and press Alt + the number associated with the
selection group.
To deselect objects

To Do the following
Deselect all objects
Click the Pick tool , and click a blank space in the drawing
window.