Group and ungroup objects

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If you work with several objects and have to move them or apply shared formatting to them, you must select these objects every time. Apply formal grouping and you will be able to operate those objects quickly as a unit.

To group several objects, select all objects you want to group by pressing Ctrl or Shift and clicking every of these objects:

Selected objects in Word 2013

Then do one of the following:

  • On the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click the Group command:
    Arrange group in Word 2013
  • Right-click one of the objects and choose Grouping -> Group from the popup menu:
    Grouping popup in Word 2013

Word puts a single box around the objects instead of a separate box around each object:

grouped objects in Word 2013

To ungroup grouped objects, do one of the following:

  • On the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Ungroup:
    Arrange group in Word 2013
  • Right-click a grouped object, and then choose Grouping -> Ungroup from the popup menu:
    Grouping popup in Word 2013

To regroup objects, do one of the following:

  • On the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Regroup.
  • Right-click a grouped objects, and then choose Grouping -> Regroup from the popup menu.

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