... I have now extended this to include the combining of several picture shapes into a single picture shape. Here for example are 3 separate screen captures from a 1:500 online map. I have aligned them to cover the required area. And over the top of them I have added a rectangle shape, and adjusted it to contain the area of interest: 2_071530_100000003.png After using the new crop/combine function, this is the result. A new picture shape is created within the rectangle containing parts of all 3 original images: 2_071530_100000002.png After which the original picture shapes can be deleted. And I then have a single picture shape which can be moved (shifted), rotated (twisted) and scaled as required. Here I have turned it 90 degrees for easier working on the trackpad: 2_071530_090000001.png If the rectangle is drawn over a single picture shape, this function also provides a means to crop it down to a more convenient size. Conceptually this crop/combine function is similar to making a rectangular screen capture from the trackpad while it's displaying multiple images ...