Adding a Group of Elements

To add a group of elements:

  1. On the Elements toolbar, select the Group of Elements tool.
  2. Click in the form where you wish the group of elements element to be added, hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse diagonally. Release the mouse. A rectangle will appear.

Note.You can also create an element with a single click of the mouse: once you have selected the required tool, simply click in the form where you wish the element to be added. The default element size will be used. To place several elements of the same type on your form, hold down the Ctrl key and click repeatedly where you wish the elements to be positioned.

Adding elements to a group

There are three ways to add an element to a group:

  1. Create elements that will be part of a group. Select the Group of Elements tool and use the mouse to enclose the elements in a rectangle. All the fully enclosed elements will become part of a group.
  2. Create a group using the Group of Elements tool. Create elements inside the group.
  3. Create a group using the Group of Elements tool. Drag and drop the required elements into the group.

To copy a group together with all of its elements, select the group so that all of its elements are selected. Now if you copy the group all of its elements will be copied, retaining their properties.

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