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98 Object Handling

Or, using the Page & Layer Gallery (on page 178):

1. Right click in the Page & Layer Gallery and choose PROPERTIES.
2. If necessary, click the Guides tab.
3. Select horizontal or vertical.
4. Click new.
5. Type in the required position.

Deleting a guideline

Using the SELECTOR TOOL drag the guideline onto the appropriate ruler (the vertical ruler
for vertical guidelines, horizontal ruler for horizontal).

Or, right click on the guideline and then choose DELETE.

Grouping and ungrouping objects

The Shadow and Transparency Tools offer different results depending on whether
objects are grouped or not. For more information see "Transparency" and "Shadows (on
page 309)".

You will often create complex shapes from several different objects. The "ARRANGE" >
"GROUP" menu option (or right click selected objects and choose GROUP) lets you lock
those objects together to form what appears as a single object. You can then select the
grouped objects and copy, rescale, move or perform any other operation on the entire
group.

To create a group
1. Select all the objects you want in the group.
2. Right click and choose GROUP or choose GROUP from the ARRANGE menu (or "Ctrl +
G") to create the group.

Ungrouping objects
1. Select the group.
2. Right click and choose UNGROUP or choose UNGROUP from the ARRANGE menu (or
"Ctrl + U").

After this, all the individual objects in the group remain selected.
To add more objects to a group

1. Select the group.
2. Ungroup ("Ctrl + U")
3. Select the extra objects.
4. Group again ("Ctrl + G")