Group or ungroup objects

You can group objects on a slide and manage them as a whole. Unlike multiple selection, the grouping of objects is retained until you use the Ungroup command.

On the slide, you can group:

• Individual objects
• Individual objects and groups of objects
• Several groups of objects

tip

You cannot group placeholders and tables.

To group objects and/or groups, follow the steps below:

1. Select the objects and/or groups.
2. Run the Group command in one of the following ways:
   • On the Home tab, in the Arrange group, click  Group.
   • On the Home tab, in the Arrange group, click the arrow to the right of the  Group button and run the Group command.

•Right-click any of the selected objects and run the Group command from the context menu.

•Press Ctrl+G.

Grouped objects/groups of objects will have a common frame.

To ungroup one or more groups of objects, follow the steps below:

1. Select the required groups.
2. Run the Ungroup command in one of the following ways:
   • On the Home tab, in the Arrange group, click the arrow to the right of the  Ungroup button and run the Ungroup command.
   • Right-click the selected objects to open the context menu and run the Ungroup command.
   • Press Ctrl+Shift+G.

The frame that unites the objects will be deleted.