# Selecting Elements

Before you can move, modify, or perform other operations on elements, you must select them. A selected element has handles that let you move or manipulate the element.

Here are ways to select and deselect elements:
- To select a single element, click anywhere in the element (to select an element that has no fill, click the edge.)
- To select several elements on a page, hold down the [Shift] key as you click elements.
- To select all the elements on a page, choose Edit->Select All.
- To select all the elements in the comic, choose Edit->Select All in Comic.
- You can quickly select elements on a particular part of the page by clicking on the page background and dragging across the elements you want to select.
- To select an element that's part of a group, you must first ungroup the elements. Select the group, and then choose Arrange->Ungroup.
- To deselect elements in a collection of selected elements, hold down the [Shift] key and click the objects you want to deselect.
- To select an element on the master page, first choose Arrange->Edit Master Page.