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Excel for Microsoft 365 Word for Microsoft 365 Outlook for Microsoft 365 PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 Excel 2024 Word 2024 Outlook 2024 PowerPoint 2024 Excel 2021 Word 2021 Outlook 2021 PowerPoint 2021
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Group objects to make it easier to move, position, or format in a file, or ungroup items if you'd like to work with them individually.

Group objects

  1. Select what objects you'd like to group.

    Note: To group several objects at once, press and hold Ctrl, and then select them.

  2. On the Shape Format tab, select Group and then choose Group again.

Ungroup objects

  1. Select the grouped items in your file.

  2. On the Shape Format tab, select Group and then choose Ungroup.

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Group or ungroup shapes, pictures, or other objects

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