This would seem rather simple - I'm looking to to take a supplied barcode and cut across it vertically to eliminate price information found on one side, the EAN5 portion which contains pricing. The barcode has its own white background border box which can be romoved, but I see now way to divide / cut apart the barcode. When clicking on it with the direct select tool, each line and number breaks down to separate outlines, but all elements reamin grouped together (though under "Object" they do show as grouped).
I've tried the more labourious method of selectively covering up portions of the code with the background colour - but these route seems unneccessary; I should be able to cut the object in half.
What to try?