Show Me Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (Show Me Series)

Objects can be grouped together, ungrouped , and regrouped in PowerPoint to make editing and moving information easier. Rather than moving several objects one at a time, you can group the objects and move them all together. Grouped objects appear as one object, but each object in the group maintains its individual attributes. You can change an individual object within a group without ungrouping. This is useful when you need to make only a small change to a group, such as changing the color of a single shape in the group. You can also format specific AutoShapes, drawings, or pictures within a group without ungrouping. Simply select the object within the group, change the object or edit text within the object, and then deselect the object. However, if you need to move an object in a group, you need to first ungroup the objects, make the change, and then group the objects together again. After you ungroup a set of objects, PowerPoint remembers each object in the group and in one step regroups those objects when you use the Regroup command. Before you regroup a set of objects, make sure that at least one of the grouped objects is selected.

Group Objects Together

Select the objects you want to group together.

> Click the Draw button on the Drawing toolbar, and then click Group.

Ungroup a Drawing

Select the grouped object you want to ungroup.

Click the Draw button on the Drawing toolbar, and then click Ungroup.

Regroup a Drawing

Select one of the objects in the group of objects you want to regroup.

Click the Draw button on the Drawing toolbar, and then click Regroup.