grouping button remains dimmed regardless of selection

[Snipes]

while trying to Group/Ungroup objects. But no matter what i do the selecting
of objects to be Grouped does not activate the Grouping portion of the
Drop-Down list.I have tried drawing a circle around the textboxes, tried
Shift and Click to select. Either way the options remained dimmed (inactive).
What could be up with that?

 

[Echo S]

Placeholders (they say "click to add text," etc.) cannot be grouped.

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