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# How do I group and merge notes with the Selection tool?

With the **Selection** tool, you can combine multiple annotations into one — making it easy to move, copy/paste, delete, or resize a set of related notes together.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60818aeea8717000/download-47_risuho.jpeg =700x42)

The Selection tool handles two related tasks:

1. **Group** — combines multiple *types* of annotations into one (Text Boxes, Sticky Notes, Shapes, Arrows, Lines, Images, Stamps, and the free-draw Marker and Freeform Highlight).
2. **Merge** — combines multiple *free-draw* annotations into one (Marker and Freeform Highlight only).

| ✅ TIP: You can tap (or click while holding Shift on Mac) to select annotations that aren't next to each other. Turn on the Selection tool and tap (or Shift-click) to select or deselect.

##### Group

Here's a script page with several annotation types: an Image (the set plan), a Text Box (the label), a green Sticky Note, and free-draw annotations on the set plan.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60818aeea8717000/1merge_6sm2t1.jpeg =700x224)

To group them, tap the **Selection** tool on the [Annotation Toolbar](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/an-overview-of-the-annotation-toolbar-6jmhwg/). Then, with your finger or [Apple Pencil](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/using-the-apple-pencil-on-ipad-vao8kb/), **press + move** over the area with the annotations you'd like to group. (Or, with the Selection tool on, tap — or Shift-click on Mac — the annotations you want.)

| ✅ TIP: Need help finding the Selection tool? **Press + hold** on the Eraser to reveal it.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60818aeea8717000/2selection_bolo9x.jpeg =700x340)

Once selected, a pop-up bar appears. Tap **Group**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60818aeea8717000/annotationgroup_1fla7m7.png =700x295)

Now all of your annotations are treated as one!

##### Ungroup

Want to ungroup? Tap the annotation again and select **Ungroup**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60818aeea8717000/annotationungroup_vs54om.png =700x295)

##### Merge

For the free-draw ink tools — Marker and Freeform Highlight — you can also merge annotations into one permanently.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60818aeea8717000/merge1_hb42kl.jpeg =700x195)

Tap the **Selection** tool, then **press + move** over the area you'd like to combine (or tap / Shift-click the annotations you want).

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60818aeea8717000/download-27_11l25tx.jpeg =700x317)

Once selected, a pop-up bar appears. Tap **Merge**.

|| 📝 NOTE: Merging annotations cannot be undone.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60818aeea8717000/annotationmerge_107rqtq.png =700x250)

The selected free-draw annotations are now merged, so the **Style Palette**, **Copy/Paste**, **Save**, and **Delete** treat them as one combined object.

|| 📝 NOTE: On Scriptation for Mac, the Selection tool may take a few tries to recognize multiple annotations on certain devices. Deselect and reselect the Selection tool, then try again starting your **click + drag** from a different spot on the screen.

# What's Next

[Selecting Annotations on Scriptation for Mac](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/selecting-annotations-on-scriptation-for-mac-k1mlap/)
[Using the Style Palette (Inspector)](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/using-the-style-palette-inspector-1r35re7/)
[What are Saved Annotations and how do I use them?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-are-saved-annotations-and-how-do-i-use-them-1rerp7z/)