ChemDraw User's Manual - CambridgeSoft

3. From the Object menu, choose Join.To group several objects:AdministratorNOTE: When you join two differently colored bonds oratom labels, the color of the front object becomes the color ofthe resulting joined object. When you join two atoms that arelabeled, the front atom label becomes the atom label of theresulting atom. For more information about front to backordering of objects, see Chapter 11: “Working With PageLayout”.1. Select the objects to group using a selectiontool.2. From the Object menu, choose Group.To select an individual object within a group:• Move the selection tool over an object until itis highlighted and click once.The object is selected, not the group.Grouping ObjectsYou can group a number of objects drawnseparately. Grouping creates an association betweenobjects so they can be easily selected. You can selectall grouped objects by double-clicking with aselection tool. Objects within a group can beselected individually and manipulated while stillremaining part of the group.If you want to group objects so that the individualobjects in the group cannot be accessed, you cancreate an Integral group. When you select anyobject in an Integral group, the entire group isselected.Grouping does not lock the position or orientationof objects. Grouped objects maintain their relativepositions when they are centered on the page,aligned or distributed.Atoms and bonds making up a single chemicalstructure are always grouped. If you group part of astructure with other objects, the resulting groupcontains the entire structure. If you add atoms orbonds to a grouped structure, the new atoms andbonds are part of the group.To select grouped objects:• Move the selection tool over an object until itis highlighted and double clickThe entire group is selected.Ungrouping ObjectsTo ungroup objects that are grouped:1. Select a group, as above.2. From the Object menu, choose Ungroup.All the objects previously grouped becomeindividual objects.Creating Integral GroupsTo create a group in which individual objectscannot be accessed:1. Select the objects to group using a selectiontool.2. From the Object menu, choose Group.118•Manipulating DrawingsCambridgeSoftGrouping Objects