Vector illustrations are a combination of organized vector objects. Every single distinct element in a vector drawing is an editable object.  All of these individual elements are stacked, or "arranged", one on top of the other with the top most object being completely visible and the bottom covered by every other object on top of it. Locate "vector.png" in your exercise folder for unit 6. Open it.

You should see four separate vector objects in your window; three shapes and the word "text". Use your Pointer Tool to select one of the objects and move it around your Document Window. Press [CTRL] Z to place your object back in its original position.

This ability to select and move single objects is useful if that’s all you want to do. However, what if you have combinations of objects that you want to move in unison? A good example of this would be a company logo. You would want to keep all of the objects in that logo together because moving one of them would ruin the whole arrangement. You could avoid this by multiple selecting the objects but this would be time consuming and impractical.  An easier way to do this would be to Group your objects. Grouping allows you to keep track of and move associated objects with ease.