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Drawing Groups

selected object’s Drawing Group is reported Click the Send to Back edit button to
in the Status Bar. See “The Status Bar” on move the selected object(s) to the
page 43. back of the Back Group so it displays behind
all other objects.
Within a given Drawing Group, drawing
order is determined by the order in which Click the Send Backward edit button
objects are placed. By default, an object will to move the selected object(s) to the
display in front of any objects that were back of its current Drawing Group. If it is
created before it was. For example, if you already at the back of its current group, it
place a chair and then a table, the table will will be moved to the next group down in the
display in front of the chair; if you instead drawing order.
place a table and then the chair, the chair will There are two options for moving a selection
display in front.
towards the front of the drawing order:
Click the Bring to Front edit button
Placed First to move the selected object(s) to the
front of the Front Group so that it displays in
front of all other objects.

Click the Bring Forward edit button
to move the selected object(s) to the
front of its current Drawing Group. If it is
already at the front of its current group, it
Placed Last will be moved to the next group up in the
drawing order.
Placed Second

Drawing order also affects how objects are Select Drawing Group Dialog
selected. If two objects are positioned so that The Select Drawing Group edit
they overlap one another, and you click at a button reports the Drawing Group
point that they both share, the frontmost number that the selected object(s) is in.
object will become selected first. See “Select When multiple objects are selected, a
Next Object” on page 215.
horizontal line may display instead. Click
this button to open the Select Drawing
Drawing Group Edit Tools Group dialog.

Once an object has been placed, its
position in the drawing order can be
modified. To do this, select one or more
objects and click the View Drawing Group
Edit Tools edit button.
There are two options for moving a selection • Select a Drawing Group from the drop-
towards the back of the drawing order:
down list to place the selected object(s)

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