Using the normal tool , click inside the object you want as first, near object's border.

Then, press and hold the SHIFT key and click other objects, one-by-one. Release the SHIFT key.

Note

When you use mouse to select more objects on a page by dragging a marquee, all the objects inside the marquee will be selected. In such selection, it is not always easy to understand which object is selected as first. However, the order of objects is rather important, because Fred4 determines the type of the entire selection based on the first selected object, thus displayed context menus related to that object. Please be aware that in multi-selection, the first object is determined by the lowest creation number, therefore, an object which is created before other objects is considered to be "first" in respect of other objects, even if its position is less important, or it is right in the middle of other objects.