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title: "Element Groups"
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# Element Groups

### General

Report element groups can be used to group multiple [Elements](/release35/docs/introduction-to-elements-in-microsoft-word-reports) and apply common settings.

          
          

> **Example:** If you have multiple elements requiring the same preparation [Actions](/release35/docs/introduction-to-actions) or the same condition, you can put them into the same group and configure the preparation actions and/or condition there instead of configuring it for every element individually.

### Properties

Every element group has the following properties:

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The name of the element group. This name will be displayed in the tree hierarchy of the content explorer of the [Report Designer](/release35/docs/report-designer). |
| Condition | An optional condition [Expression](/release35/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions); it will be applied to all member [Elements](/release35/docs/introduction-to-elements-in-microsoft-word-reports) in addition to their own conditions. |
| Preparation Actions | A list of [Actions](/release35/docs/introduction-to-actions) that will be applied to all member [Elements](/release35/docs/introduction-to-elements-in-microsoft-word-reports) in addition to their own preparation actions. Preparation actions of the element group will be executed before the preparation actions of member elements. |

### Managing Element Groups

You can create new element groups in the content explorer of the [Report Designer](/release35/docs/report-designer) by right-clicking the *ELEMENTS* node and choosing *New Element Group*. You can add member [Elements](/release35/docs/introduction-to-elements-in-microsoft-word-reports) to the group in two ways:

- Right-click the report element group entry in the content explorer and select the type of element to create.
- Drag an existing report element and drop it on the element group.

In order to remove a member element from the element group you can drag the member element and drop it on the *ELEMENTS* folder of the content explorer.