Operation Manual

Working with objects | 241
To use the Object Properties docker
1 Select an object.
If the Object properties docker is not open, click Window Dockers Object properties.
2 Perform any of the following tasks.
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To Do the following
Display the object properties that you want to modify Click the corresponding button at the top of the docker.
Switch between Scroll and Tab mode Click the Scroll/Tabmode button.
Display or hide the style indicators Click the Style indicator button.
Grouping objects
When you group two or more objects, they are treated as a single unit but retain their individual attributes. Grouping lets you apply the
same formatting, properties, and other changes to all the objects within the group at the same time. In addition, grouping helps prevent
accidental changes to the position of an object in relation to other objects. You can also create nested groups by grouping together existing
groups.
Individual objects retain their attributes when they are grouped.
You can add objects to or remove objects from a group, and you can delete objects that are members of a group. You can also edit a single
object in a group without ungrouping the objects. If you want to edit multiple objects in a group at the same time, you must first ungroup
the objects. If a group contains nested groups, you can ungroup all objects in the nested groups simultaneously.
To group objects
1 Select the objects.
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Click Object Group Group objects.
The status bar indicates that a group of objects is selected.
You can select objects from different layers and group them; however, after objects are grouped, they reside on the same layer and
are stacked on top of one another.