Selecting groups

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Several picture elements can be selected as a group by marking with the mouse and can be shifted jointly. Possible procedures:

Rubberband

Pull window from the desired upper left corner to the desired lower right corner; all completely enclosed elements are marked

Individual selection

Press either Ctrl or Shift and click on the selected element simultaneously.
By pressing Shift again, the order of the already selected elements changes. The last element which was selected defines the precept for all settings which are adapted to the group.

Individual deselection

by pressing Ctrl and clicking on the selected element simultaneously or by clicking in the background outside of the selected element.

Several picture elements can be selected as a group by marking with the mouse and can be shifted jointly. Possible procedures:

After the selection the marked group can be defined as a symbol and stored in the symbol library.

Simultaneously changing properties of several selected elements can be done in the properties window.