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Adobe Illustrator for Creative Professionals
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Any time you create an item consisting of several objects, those objects can then be selected and combined into one group. In Figure 10.12, you can see that I have selected both the green treetop shape and the brown tree trunk shape (hold Shift while clicking on each):
Figure 10.12 – Organizing artwork into a group
After selecting the objects you would like to be combined, navigate to Object > Group (Ctrl/Command + G) in the top menu. This will create a connected relationship between these shapes that makes it easy to perform further adjustments to them. Adjustments such as sizing and position can now be performed as though these objects are a single unit. When needed, the object can also be ungrouped to adjust individual components.
After creating a group, it will appear in the Layers panel as one item labeled <Group>. Just to the left of this label will be a small arrow...
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