Group shapes, pictures, or other objects in Word

Applies To
Word for Microsoft 365 Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac Word 2024 Word 2024 for Mac Word 2021 Word 2021 for Mac Word 2019 Word 2016

You can group shapes, pictures, or other objects. When you group objects, you can rotate, flip, move, or resize multiple shapes or objects as if they're a single shape or object.

Group shapes, pictures, or other objects

  1. Press and hold CTRL and select shapes, pictures, or other objects to group.
    The Wrap Text option for each object must be set to a value other than In line with Text. For more information, see Wrap text around a picture in Word.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Go to Picture Format or Picture Tools Format The Group icon.  Group > Group.
    • Go to Shape Format or Drawing Tools Format > Group > Group.

    Group button under Picture Format
    To work with an individual item in the group, select the group, and then select the item.
    The Group button is enabled for two or more selected objects.

See also

Select a shape or other object in Word

Edit SVG images in Microsoft 365