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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Selecting Multiple Objects</div>
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      <div class="title_division">Effects on the Edit Object Display Dialog</div>
      <p class="para_division">If you select objects that have different properties, the Edit Object Display dialog does not display their current values. Instead, the system displays the following &quot;non-specific&quot; values:</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Layer</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">=</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">0</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Color, Line font, Width</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">=</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">No Change</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Grid Count-U</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">=</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">-1</p>
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         <tr>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Grid Count -V</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">=</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">-1</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_division">If you make modifications to these non-specific values, they are applied to selected objects when appropriate.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  Grid Count shows -1, -1 when selected objects have different values, or when all selected objects are of such a nature that a grid count has no meaning.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">As an aid in learning what to expect in these fields, let's assume we have four objects with the following properties:</p>
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         <tr>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Type</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Layer</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Color</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Grid Count U, V</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Line1</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">1</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">blue</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">N/A</p>
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Line2</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">1</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">cyan</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">N/A</p>
            </td>
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         <tr>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Body1</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">2</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">green</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">2, 2</p>
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         <tr>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Body2</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">2</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">blue</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">3, 3</p>
            </td>
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      </table><br><p class="para_division">(For this example, we are ignoring font and width, which work similarly to Color.)</p>
      <p class="para_division">If you pick the following combination of objects, the Edit Object Display dialog shows these values:</p>
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         <tr>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Layer</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Color</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Grid Count U, V</p>
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Line1, Body2</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">0</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Blue</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">3, 3</p>
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Line1, Line2</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">1</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">No Change</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">-1, -1</p>
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Body1</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">2</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Green</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">2, 2</p>
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Body1, Body2</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">2</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">No Change</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">-1, -1</p>
            </td>
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