The next tool discussed in this chapter is the ability to group objects together. When objects are grouped, you can manipulate them as a single entity. This means that you can, for example, move the entire group of objects without breaking their relative alignment.
You can also apply effects to a group (rather than applying effects to each object of the group) and control the visibility of an entire group of objects using actions and variables.
Applying effects will be discussed later in this chapter. Variables and actions will be covered in Chapter 14, Variables and Advanced Actions.
In the following exercise, you will use the following steps to group the seven Smart Shapes you aligned in the previous section:
- Make sure you are on slide 4 of the Chapter04/takeTheTrain.cptx file.
- Click one of the seven Smart Shapes present on the right side of the slide.
- Holding down the Shift key, click the other six Smart Shapes one by one to add them to the selection.
- With all seven...