2 shapes and grouping

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Wed 28 Oct 2009, 14:36 Delegate Bianca said...

Bianca has attended:
Excel Introduction course
Visio Introduction course

2 shapes and grouping

if you group an image that you've changed the order to - it struggles

Wed 28 Oct 2009, 15:02 Trainer Simon said...

RE: 2 shapes and grouping

Hi Bianca,

Thank you for your question and welcome to the forum.

This answer refers to your question after the course.

You add the Star shape and then the Circle shape. Drag the Star shape into the Circle shape and change the order of the Star shape to bring it to front.

Then de-select the shape and with your mouse pointer draw a selection around the objects so both are selected. Then through the Shape menu choose Grouping and then Group.

I hope this answers your question.

Regards

Simon

Thu 5 Nov 2009: Automatically marked as resolved.

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