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# Selecting Multiple Objects

There are several different methods you can use to select groups of objects on your form page. The selected groups of objects will be enclosed in a selection box. Each selected object within the selection box is outlined with a dotted line so you can tell which objects are included:

Once you have selected a group of objects, they will remain selected until you either click outside the selection box or select a drawing tool.

A summary of the objects you select will be displayed in a list of Selected Objects in the status bar at the bottom left of the screen. This is useful if you have several overlapping objects selected. At times, it is difficult to determine which objects are included in the selection.

To select a group of objects with your mouse

1. Select the tool.

2. Place your mouse pointer at the place where you want to start your selection.

3. Hold your left mouse button down and drag the mouse until all the objects you want to select are enclosed in the selection outline:

4. Release your mouse button. The objects that were enclosed in your outline will be enclosed in a selection box:

To select several adjacent objects with your mouse

1. Select the tool.

2. Click on the first object you want to select:

3. Press and hold it down while you click the last object you want to select. All the objects between the first and last objects will be selected:

To select several non-adjacent objects

1. Select the tool.

2. Click on the first object.

3. Press and click on the other objects you want to select.

Note:

The selection box will expand to enclose the selected objects, but only the ones that are outlined with a dotted line are actually selected.

To select all objects on the form page

1. Open the Edit menu.

2. Click Select All. All of the objects on the form page will be selected:

To remove objects from a group

1. Press and hold it down.

2. Click on the objects you want to remove.

To add objects to a group

1. Press and hold it down.

2. Click on each object you want to add.