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Group and Ungroup Objects and/or Groups

A group is a set of objects that you group together to treat as a single unit. A group may be composed of individual objects,

groups, or both. There is no restriction on the type of object you can include in a group, or on the number of different types of

objects you can include in a single group. However, any objects and groups you want to include in the group must exist on the

same page of a document.

To create a group:

1. Select the objects and/or groups you want to include in the group.

2. Choose Page Layout | Arrange | Group.

To ungroup a group:

1. In the Structure area or the Page area, select the group you want to ungroup.

2. Choose Page Layout | Arrange | Ungroup.

Data Pane

The Data Pane is a view on your input data, and one of the ways you can select data to include in your document. The Data

Pane is a component of the Data Selector and its contents and appearance reflect the options set for it in the Data Selector.

You can drag and drop a data selection directly from the Data Pane into the Page area to quickly create a data selection object,

a bar code object, or a business graphic object.

In the Document Structure area or in the Page area, when you select a data selection, bar code, or business graphic that uses

a Contiguous data selection, PlanetPress Design highlights the data selection for that object in the Data Pane.

For more information on the data pane and data selections, see the chapter on Data in PlanetPress Design.

Object Inspector

The Object Inspector displays the properties of the element currently selected in the Document structure area or in the Page

area. If you select several elements, the Object Inspector displays values only for those properties that are common to all the

selected elements. If you select an image resource, the Object Inspector also displays the image.

The number of elements currently selected appears in the upper left of the Object Inspector, and you use the Object Inspector

to view and edit properties.

To edit properties Using the Object Inspector:

1. Select the element (object, page, document, condition, style, attachment) you want to change. To change multiple ele-

ments, do a multiple selection (CTRL-click).

2. In the Object Inspector, select the property you want to edit. If you selected multiple elements, only those properties

common to all of the selected elements appear in the Object Inspector. If necessary use the scroll bar and/or the

expand/collapse button.

3. Edit the property using the appropriate method, as described below:

l If the property lets you enter any value, type in the new value and press ENTER.

l If the property is associated with a list of possible values, select the new value from the list.

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