Grouping Objects - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

To select objects by drawing both freehand and straight-edged selection areas:
Select the Lasso tool and deselect the Polygon Mode modifier.
1.
To draw a freehand segment, drag on the Stage.
2.
To draw a straight-edged segment, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh) to
3.
set start and end points. You can continue switching between drawing freehand and
straight-edged segments.
To close the selection area, do one of the following:
4.
If you are drawing a freehand segment, release the mouse button.
If you are drawing a straight-edged segment, double-click.
Hiding selection highlighting
You can hide selection highlights in order to edit objects without viewing their highlighting.
Hiding highlights enables you to see how artwork will appear in its final state while you are
selecting and editing objects.
To hide selection highlighting:
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Select View > Hide Edges.
Select the command again to deselect the feature.

Grouping objects

To manipulate elements as a single object, you need to group them. For example, after creating a
drawing such as a tree or flower, you might group the elements of the drawing so that you can
easily select and move the drawing as a whole.
When you select a group, the Property inspector displays the x and y coordinates of the group and
its pixel dimensions.
You can edit groups without ungrouping them. You can also select an individual object in a group
for editing, without ungrouping the objects.
To create a group:
Select the objects on the Stage that you want to group.
1.
You can select shapes, other groups, symbols, text, and so on.
Select Modify > Group, or press Control+G (Windows) or Command+G (Macintosh).
2.
To ungroup objects:
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Select Modify > Ungroup, or press Control+Shift+G (Windows) or Command+Shift+G
(Macintosh).
146 Chapter 8: Working with Graphic Objects