How-To: Arrange selected objects behind another object using the context menu - OpenOffice.org Draw
- To arrange objets behing another object using the context menu, first you need to select the objects that you need.
- Select an object by clicking over it once.
- If you want to select more than one, hold down the shift key and click on the other objects that you need. Once you are done, release the shift key.
- Afterwards, bring up the context menu by right clicking over any of the selected objects.
- Once the context menu appears, move your mouse over the option, "Arrange."
- A side menu should appear. Look for the option "Behind Object" and click on it once.
- Good! Now, click on the object where the selected objects should go behind to. In this case we are choosing this circle.
- Great! As you can see, the selected objects have gone behind the circle.
- Take note as well that the original arrangement of the selected objects have been preserved.
- Congratulations! You have learned how to arrange selected objects behind another object using the context menu.
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Arrange selected objects behind another object using the context menu
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behind another object using the context menu.
You will learn:
- How to select multiple objects.
- How to access the context menu.
- How to arrange selected objects behind another object using the context menu.
Advanced topics
For advanced functionality with similar results see:
- Arrange selected objects in front of another object using the context menu
- Bring selected objects forward using the context menu
- Bring selected objects directly to the front using the context menu
- Send selected objects backward using the context menu
- Send selected objects directly to the back using the context menu
- Select multiple objects using the mouse
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