Automatic Object Grouping; Protecting Objects From Further Editing - Smart Technologies Smart Board User Manual

edited, resized or moved individually until you reverse the process, and return them to their
separate status by ungrouping them.
To group several objects:
1 Choose Select from the Draw menu.
or
Press the Select toolbar button.
2 Select all the objects you want included in this group (see Selecting Objects on page
50).
3 Select Group from the Draw menu.
The individually selected objects will be combined into a single grouped object, which
can be moved without disturbing the relative positions of the individual annotations
within the group. The group can also be resized as a single unit by pressing on any of
the eight resize handles and dragging.
Grouping individual objects into an integrated collection of objects may only be
temporarily useful. Later, you may want to restore the group to its original constituent
units by ungrouping them so you can manipulate them individually.
To ungroup an object group:
1 Choose Select from the Draw menu.
or
Press the Select toolbar button.
2 Select the object group you want to ungroup.
Select Ungroup from the Draw menu.
NOTE: The object grouping disappears and the collection is broken into its original
object components, now appearing as individually selected objects.

Automatic Object Grouping

Mac
Win
SMART Grouping automatically places objects created within the same area in the same
object group. If the created group isn't to your liking, you can subsequently rearrange
automatically grouped objects into customized groups with the Ungroup and Group and
commands in the Draw menu.
To create objects within a different group, just start writing or drawing on a different area of
the SMART Board interactive whiteboard.
NOTE: This feature is not available for the Mac OS X operating system.

Protecting Objects from Further Editing

Mac
Win
OS X
Select Make Background from the Draw > Order menu to protect a single object or a group
of objects from subsequent editing. This command has the effect of moving selected objects
into the virtual background, out of reach of the selection tool and any further change.
If you decide you want to restore all protected objects to the foreground for further revision,
select Retrieve Background from the Draw > Order menu.
NOTE: This feature is not available for Mac OS 8.5 − 9.x operating systems.
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