On Win XP Pro/SP2 using OO 2.0.3 I'm writing an illustrated user's guide 
consisting of annotated screen shots interspersed with text.

I get the screen shots by bringing up the relevant window, hitting Alt/PrtScr 
and then, in Writer, Edit/Paste. This works well.

To annotate the screen shot I use Writer to draw an unfilled box or ellipse 
around the piece of the screen shot to which I want to draw attention. This 
works well too.

Now the fun starts. I want to group the screen shot and the box/ellipse so that 
I can move and/or resize them as a unit. I can't. The reason I can't is that 
Writer won't let me select both of them. Normally I'd select the first and 
then, holding down the Shift key, select the second. Doesn't work. I can select 
either of them as the "first" selection but then can't select the other. No 
error messages or anything.

I've also tried Edit/Paste Special for the screen shot. Makes no difference.

What is happening here, please?

Harold Fuchs
London, England

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