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Copying A Grouped Image Using Shapes
Cheat Sheet 20090402

When you create a new shape by layering images from the Shapes menu, you need to group them if you want to copy and paste them as one final shape.

Choose a shape from your Shapes menu (see below):

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Add more shapes from the Shapes menu on top (see below):

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Shift-Select all your shapes (see below):

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Go to Arrange - Group (see below):

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Now all your shapes are combined. You can then select and copy (see below):

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and move it as one shape. (see below):

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