Grouping Visio Shapes

Quick reference

• 00:04 In this video, I want to show you why and how you should group your items together.
• 00:09 So we have this diagram that we made with the table and the chairs.
• 00:13 So if I move one of those chairs,
• 00:16 then I'd have to realign all the other chairs again.
• 00:20 Or if I move the table, then I have to go and
• 00:22 move the chairs one by one the way it is right now.
• 00:26 So let's say I want to undo that so it's back to its original position.
• 00:32 So I want those chairs to stay kind of in the relative position with each other.
• 00:38 So I'm going to group them together.
• 00:40 So what that means is it's going to make one big object out of several objects.
• 00:46 So I'm going to highlight these different chairs.
• 00:48 I'm going to highlight all four of this.
• 00:51 And you can see they're all selected.
• 00:53 Now there's at least two ways I can group the items together.
• 00:57 So one way is under the Home menu.
• 00:59 If I pick on Home, I'll pick on the word Group, and
• 01:03 then I'll pick in the word Group again.
• 01:06 So notice what happened, that actually made that shape
• 01:10 into one big shape instead of being four individual shapes.
• 01:13 So now if I drag that chair, the other ones automatically come with it.
• 01:19 And you can see it's really one big shape now, all right?
• 01:22 So I'm actually going to undo that.
• 01:25 Watch again how we're going to group the items together.
• 01:27 I'm going to select these four chairs.
• 01:29 So I'm just going to draw a rectangle around those chairs with my mouse.
• 01:35 Good, and you can see how they're all selected.
• 01:38 So that time I went to the Home menu and I picked in the word Group.
• 01:42 Another way you can do it is you can right click on the shap, and
• 01:45 then pick in the word Group there and then I'll group it.
• 01:50 And now it made one big shape out of all four of those chairs.
• 01:54 So if I move one, the other ones automatically stay with it,
• 01:57 you see that's the whole purpose of there with the grouping.
• 02:00 But you can always ungroup it as well.
• 02:03 So what if I changed my mind, I want them to be back to individual shapes.
• 02:07 So this time I'm going to click on that shape and right click on it.
• 02:11 And then I can pick in the word Group, then I can say Ungroup, all right?
• 02:16 So I'll pick on Ungroup, and
• 02:18 now notice how they're back to being individual shapes again.
• 02:23 So you can pick a bunch of shapes.
• 02:25 Now in this case, I'm going to click on the table and the chair,
• 02:28 maybe that table and the chair always goes together.
• 02:31 So I'll pick on the table,
• 02:32 now another way to do a selection is to hold down your Shift key.
• 02:36 So holding the Shift key, and now both of those shapes are selected.
• 02:40 We can go back to the Home menu, and I'll pick on Group and then Group, good.
• 02:46 And then notice if I move the table that bottom chair automatically comes with it.
• 02:51 So you can see the benefit of grouping your items together because they stay
• 02:56 together in what becomes one big shape.
• 02:59 And when you're done with the group, or if you are done with it,
• 03:05 you can just right click on that shape, and then pick on Group and then Ungroup.

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