I made a macro that does several things then groups the selection but it ends up in this state (round selection marks) whereby requiring me to click off the selection then back on it. tried
ActiveDocument.refresh
ActiveWindow.refresh
Mek and Shark are correct, you just need to make sure all your shapes are in a shaperange and then create a selection from it.
The other option if you don't want it selected it to just clear the selection:
ActiveDocument.ClearSelection
:-)
-Shelby