Grouping Objects; Editing Object Attributes - KEP MMI-1500 Installation & Operation Manual

9.2 Grouping Objects

When multiple objects are selected by dragging the cursor around them, they may be grouped by clicking on the group tool.
If an object is not fully encompassed by the drag, it is not selected. When a group is selected, it may be broken up into its
separate objects by clicking the ungroup tool. Object grouping can be called from the Edit menu Group or Ungroup items
or by clicking on the appropriate Toolbar icons.
Command Tool
Group
Ungroup
Group Operations:
Once objects are grouped, they are moved as one object.
Clicking on any object of the group selects the entire group.
A Group selected by dragging around it can be saved to Group Library.
If the group only consists of drawn objects, it can be saved to the Shape Library.

9.3 Editing Object Attributes

Object attributes can be edited by clicking on the object to show its black "handles". There are different ways to access
objects attributes.
1. Click on the Edit icon to call up its Attributes Dialog.
2. Double click on the object to call up its Attributes Dialog.
3. From the Edit menu, select the Change Attribute... command.
4. Alternately, the parts attributes can be edited by right clicking on the part and selecting
Attributes from the pop up shortcut menu.
5. Double-click on an object ID number in the Window Treebar Object tab.
Edit the different settings as desired.
9.3.1 Text Editing tools:
Once a Text object is placed, the toolbar text editing tools can be used to change some of the characteristics.
Note: There are no corresponding menu commands for these tools.
Note: These tools can also be used on highlighted Part Labels as well.
Tool Description
This tool is used to change font size. Simply select the size you want from the dropdown.
These tools are used to increment and decrement the font size by one size.
These tools are used for changing the text alignment for multiple lines of text. Options are Left,
Center and Right justify commands.
Description
Groups the selected objects.
Breaks apart the selected group into objects.
Note: You cannot use these tools to reduce the font size to 8.
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