Adobe 38039927 User Guide - Page 63

ADOBE FIREWORKS CS3 58 User Guide Organizing objects When working with multiple objects in a single document, you can use several techniques to organize the document: • You can group individual objects to treat them as one or protect each object's relationship to the others in the group. • You can arrange objects behind or in front of other objects. The way objects are arranged is called the stacking order. • You can align selected objects to an area of the canvas or to a vertical or horizontal axis. Grouping objects You can group individual selected objects and then manipulate them as if they were a single object. For example, after drawing the petals of a flower as individual objects, you can group them to select and move the entire flower as a single object. You can edit groups without ungrouping them. You can select an individual object in a group for editing without ungrouping the objects. You can also ungroup the objects at any time. To group two or more selected objects: ❖ Select Modify > Group. To ungroup selected objects: ❖ Select Modify > Ungroup. Selecting objects within groups To work with individual objects within a group, you can either ungroup the objects or use the Subselection tool to select individual objects while leaving the group intact. Subselection tool Modifying the attributes of a subselected object changes only the subselected object, not the entire group. Moving a subselected object to another layer removes the object from the group. Subselecting an object within a group To select an object that is part of a group: ❖ Select the Subselection tool and click the object or drag a selection area around it. To add objects to or remove them from the selection, hold down Shift as you click or drag.