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Select inside
You can select an object that's inside a group or other container object by holding down "Ctrl" while you
click on it. This is called selecting inside. The object you click on will always become selected, even if it's
deep down inside several levels of nested groups. When you have such deep nesting of groups,
sometimes you may want to select one of the nested groups (a group inside another group). If you hold
down the "Alt" and "Ctrl" keys while you click you can do this easily. The first such click will select the
top level group (just as an unmodified click does). Click again and the next group down in the hierarchy
will be selected instead. Continue clicking to 'drill down' into the group structure until the group you want
becomes selected.
Note that some operations are not permitted with select inside. For example, marquee selection and
right-click copy does not work for select inside.
Moving objects selected under or inside
If you need to move a selected object that's either under others or inside a group, then just dragging
doesn't work as it will select and drag a different object. To overcome this hold "Ctrl + Alt" and start
dragging. This will always drag the existing selected object. You can let go of the keys once you've
started dragging.
Or you can use the arrow keys
ï€ on the keyboard to nudge the object.
Selecting and layers
You cannot select objects in locked or invisible layers.
See "Page & Layer Gallery
" for more details on layers.
Selecting all objects
To select all objects:

Choose "Edit" > "Select all",
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Or press "Ctrl + A".
Deselecting an object
To deselect all objects:

Click anywhere on an unused part of the document,
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Or choose "Edit" > "Clear selection",

Or press "Esc".
To deselect one object from several:

"Shift + click" on the object. This deselects that object. Other objects remain selected.
Selection markers
Each selected object displays a single
selection marker to show it is
selected. This is a useful reminder
when selecting and deselecting
several objects.
Status line
The status line at the bottom of the window also describes what is selected.
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