power tools

[Richard Gaskin]

erik hansen wrote:

> 
> --- Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
> wrote:
>> erik hansen wrote:
> 
>>> Power Tools. the Super Grouper is something i
>>> used to move things around a lot with my
>> dance
>>> stack. 
>>> 
>>> has anyone run into any tricky spots using
>>> anything akin to Super Grouper in MetaCard?
>> 
>> Not needed.  MetaCard supports true groups, so
>> you don't need any of the
>> clever workaround devised for HyperCard. Just
>> select the objects you want to
>> be grouped, then choose "Group" from the Edit
>> menu.
> 
> just like my Geocities website...
> 
> this is like going from one film editing suite to
> another. anticipating problems that do not exist.
> 
> in the tutorial i got all my objects grouped, but
> none of them appeared on my next card. i'll just
> have to do it again a couple of times and it sold
> be clear.

Groups can be shared across cards or not, as you like.  To place a group on
a card, navigate to that card and choose "Backgrounds..." from the Edit
menu.  This will bring up the Backgrounds window, which has a list of
available groups in the stack that you can place on the current card.
 
-- 
 Richard Gaskin 
 Fourth World Media Corporation
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