Selecting Multiple Objects
Whenever you are moving lots of objects around on the flipchart page, it’s useful to be able to select more than one object at once. This also comes in very handy when grouping objects.
To select multiple objects, start by clicking and dragging the arrow cursor across the flipchart page.
Draw a selection rectangle across the objects you are interested in. Note that any objects which this rectangle overlaps will become selected, not just the objects fully inside it.
For example, in the diagram below the blue, green and red polygons will be selected but the orange hexagon won’t.
If there are a lot of objects on the page, this ‘overlapping’ method of selection can sometimes be imprecise and frustratingly difficult to use. Thankfully it is also possible to add individual objects to the selection one at a time.
This is achieved by first holding down the Shift key on the keyboard. With this key still held down, click on whichever objects you want to add to the selection.
If you accidentally select an object you don’t want, continue holding down Shift and simply click the object again to deselect it. All the other objects will remain selected.