Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Objects
You can perform basic editing functions such as copy, cut, and paste commands on one or more selected objects or parts of edited objects.
The clipboard is a part of the system that temporarily stores selected objects when you run the copy or cut command.
The clipboard contents are replaced by the next selection you place there, including a selection placed by using the cut or copy command in another application.
Cut, copy, and paste object commands
Command | Shortcut | Description |
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Cut | Ctrl+X | Removes a selection and places it onto the clipboard. |
Copy | Ctrl+C | Copies a selection to the clipboard. |
Paste | Ctrl+V | Places the clipboard contents onto the current page at the center of the screen. |
Paste Front | Places the clipboard contents in front of the selected object. | |
Paste Behind | Places the clipboard contents in the back of the selected object. | |
Paste in Place | Ctrl+Shift+V | Places the clipboard contents in the same position on another page |
Paste and Place | Places the clipboard contents at the point where you click. | |
Paste MetaObject | Places the clipboard contents copied from another application as MetaObject on the current page at the center of the screen. | |
Paste Image | Places the clipboard contents as an image, even if the contents are in different formats, on the current page at the center of the screen. | |
Paste Text | Places the clipboard contents of formatted texts as unformatted texts on the current page at the center of the screen or the insertion point in the text object. | |
Paste Formatted Text | Places the clipboard contents in the RTF format as formatted texts on the current page at the center of the screen or the insertion point in the text object. |
Accessing the cut, copy, and paste object commands
You can access the cut, copy, and paste commands at:
The Clipboard panel of the Home ribbon tab.
The object context-sensitive menu.
Some commands have keyboard shortcuts.
Cutting/copying and pasting objects
To cut/copy and paste one or more objects within the document or across the documents:
Select one or more objects you want to cut or copy.
Either:
Press the Ctrl+X or Ctrl+C key combination.
Right-click the selected object and click the Cut or Copy command from the context-sensitive menu.
Click the Cut or Copy button in the Clipboard panel of the Home ribbon tab.
Go to the page and place where you want to paste the copied objects.
Either:
Press the Ctrl+V or Ctrl+Shift+V key combination.
Right-click on the selected object and click the Paste, Paste and Place, or object-specific paste command from the context-sensitive menu.
Click the top part of the Paste split button in the Clipboard panel of the Home ribbon tab for simple paste.
Click the bottom part of the Paste split button and select the paste option from the menu for a specific paste command.
Cutting/copying and pasting examples
Paste Front
Copy this object | Select this object | Paste Front |
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Paste Behind
Copy this object | Select this object | Paste Behind |
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Paste in Place
Copy the circle from Page #1 | Paste in Place the circle onto Page #2 |
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Paste Image
Copy vector objects | Paste Image |
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Paste Text
Copy text in RTF | Paste Text |
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Paste Formatted Text
Copy text in RTF | Paste Formatted Text |
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Copying and pasting selections in objects
Besides using the cut, copy, and paste commands to place entire objects, you can also use these commands to place selected parts of objects, such as:
Text strings
Vector segments
Copying and pasting text strings
You can copy and paste text selections made by highlighting text in a text object.
Copy a text piece from a text object | Edit another blank text object | Paste the text piece into the blank text object |
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Copying and pasting vector segments
You can copy and paste segment selections made by selecting anchor points of vector objects in Path Edit mode.
Copy a segment from a vector object | Paste the segment |
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