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Shift+click each item or draw a marquee around the items you want to group.
Choose Item > Group (Command+G/Ctrl+G) to place multiple selected items into
a single group.
You can group groups, and multiple-select a group (or groups) along with
individual boxes, lines, and text paths to create a larger group.
With the Item tool selected, you can move, cut, copy, paste, duplicate, rotate,
and color a group. With the Text Content tool or Picture Content tool
selected, you can manipulate individual items as you would any ungrouped
item.
To move an item within a group, press Command/Ctrl and select the item with
the Item tool , the Text Content tool , or the Picture Content tool .
The active fields in the Measurement palette tabs will affect the active group. 
Choose Item > Ungroup (Command+U/Ctrl+U) to ungroup a single group, or Item
> Ungroup All to ungroup every group in a group that contains other groups.
Resizing grouped items
To resize every item in a group simultaneously, click and drag the group’s item
handles. If you press Command+Shift/Ctrl+Shift while resizing a group, all frame
widths, line weights, pictures, and text are resized proportionally. If you press
Command/Ctrl while resizing a group, frame widths, pictures, and text are still
resized, but not proportionally.
Duplicating items
QuarkXPress lets you make single or multiple copies of boxes, lines, and text
paths.
Create a single copy of a selected item using the Duplicate command (Item
menu). You can also press Option/Alt while dragging an item or group to create
a duplicate.
The Super Step and Repeat feature is useful for laying out design elements that
contain a number of evenly spaced copies of an item. Create multiple copies of
an item and specify the distance between them using the Super Step and
Repeat command (Item menu).
For another way to make uniquely shaped boxes, see “ShapeMaker XTensions 
software.”
Spacing and aligning items
You can control the position of multiple selected items relative to one another
using the Item > Space/Align submenu or the Space/Align tab of the
Measurements palette.