One of Publisher’s most powerful features is the ability it gives you to stack, or layer, several different objects, and to adjust the order in which they’re stacked. After you’ve assembled the objects you’ve chosen into the arrangement you like, you can group them so that they function as a single unit that you can then easily move around or resize.
In a publication that contains all the objects you want to stack and arrange, point to Order on the Arrange menu, and drag the submenu away from the menu to create the Order toolbar.
With the first object still selected, click an Order button to set the relative stacking order of the two objects.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all the objects are placed in the positions you want and are in the desired stacking order.
Hold down the Ctrl key, and click each object that you want to be grouped into a single unit with the other objects.
Click the Group Objects button. To change the arrangement of objects you’ve grouped, select the group, and choose Ungroup from the Arrange menu.