Selecting Multiple Objects in Drawing Canvas

[Barb Reinhardt]

I'm new to using the Drawing Canvas of Word, but have used other drawing
packages. I can't seem to figure out how to select both an object (shape)
and a text box at the same time. I want to select a large group of
objects, group them and move them, and it would be easier to move them
together than one at a time. I see how to group and ungroup, but can't
seem to select what I want.

Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?

Thanks,
Barb Reinhardt

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can select more than one object in two ways:

1. Click on the first object, then Shift+click on as many other objects as
desired.

2. If the objects are contiguous, and there are no objects in the vicinity
that you *don't* want to select, you can "marquee select" the objects by
clicking on the Select Objects tool (big white arrow on the left end of the
Drawing toolbar) and dragging a rectangle around the objects to be selected.

 

[Barb Reinhardt]

Is there some way to select a group of them at once, or it the point and
click method the only way?

Thanks again.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you can't use marquee select, then Shift+click is the only available
method. Once you have selected two or more objects, you will be able to
group them.

 

[Barb Reinhardt]

Well, after I posted this question, I was able to select a group of objects.
I don't know what I was doing before, but it's working now.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Suzanne,

You can also add the 'Select Multiple Objects' tool
to the drawing toolbar from Tools=>Customize=>Commands=>Drawing
while the canvas is selected. It will give you a 'check box'
dialog to select the items in the canvas you want to select.

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If you can't use marquee select, then Shift+click is the only available
method. Once you have selected two or more objects, you will be able to
group them.

Suzanne S. Barnhill>>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, good to know!