Apple Keynote '09 - Manual (Page 93)

Chapter 5 Working with Images, Shapes, and Other Objects 93
When you enter x and y coordinates for line positions in the Metrics inspector, the
Start coordinates refer to the first endpoint you created (or the upper-left endpoint,
if you didn’t draw the line). If you later flip or rotate the line, the Start coordinates
continue to refer to the same endpoint.
Position a line by specifying x and y
coordinates for its first endpoint.
Position a line by specifying x and y
coordinates for its second endpoint.
Grouping and Ungrouping Objects
You can group objects together so that they can be moved, copied, resized, and
oriented as a single object. Grouped objects can also be built as a single unit during
object builds.
You can edit an individual object within a group without having to ungroup it first.
Grouped objects can be grouped again with other objects, creating a hierarchy or
“nesting” of grouped objects. To select an individual object that’s nested in several
levels of grouping, you must click it once for each level of nesting.
To group objects:
1 Hold down the Command (or Shift) key as you select the objects you want to group.
If you can’t select an object, it may be locked; you’ll need to unlock it.
2 Choose Arrange > Group, or click Group in the toolbar.
If you group an object that has a build effect assigned to it, the effect is removed.
To ungroup objects:
Select the group, and then choose Arrange > Ungroup or click Ungroup in the toolbar.
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If the group is locked, unlock it first.
If you can’t select a group of objects, it may be locked; you’ll need to unlock it.
Ungrouping a grouped object with a build effect assigned to it also removes the
build effect.
To select an individual object that’s been grouped with others:
Click the object you want to edit once to select the group, and again to select the
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individual object.
If clicking once doesn’t select the individual object you want, it may be nested in many
layers of grouping. Click again until the object you want is selected.