Cutting, copying duplicating and pasting

Cutting, copying, duplicating and pasting

·         You can cut or copy an object to place it on the Clipboard and paste it into a drawing or another application. Cutting an object places it on the Clipboard and removes it from the drawing. Copying an object places it on the Clipboard but keeps the original in the drawing.

To cut or copy an object

1 Select an object.

2 Click on Edit, and click Cut or Copy depending on which you want to use

You can also cut or copy an object by right-clicking the object and clicking Cut or Copy.

To paste an object into a drawing

• Click on Edit click on Paste.

You can use this procedure to paste an object from another application.

If you want to paste an object from an unsupported file format or specify options for the pasted object, click Edit on Paste special.

Duplicating

·         Duplicating an object places a copy directly in the drawing window and does not use the Clipboard. Duplicating is faster than copying and pasting. Also, when duplicating an object, you can specify the distance between the duplicate and the original object along the x and y axes. This distance is known as the offset.

To duplicate an object

1 Select an object.

2 Click Edit

3 Click on Duplicate.

When you duplicate objects for the first time, the Duplicate offset dialog box appears. To specify the distance between the duplicate and the original object along the x and y axes, type values in the Horizontal offset and Vertical offset boxes. • Offset values of 0 place the duplicate on top of the original.

• Positive offset values place the duplicate up and to the right of the original.

• Negative offset values place the duplicate down and to the left of the original.

You can change the offset at which duplicates are created. To do this, click Tools - Options, click General in the Document list of categories, and type values in the Horizontal offset and Vertical offset boxes.

You can also duplicate a selected object by pressing Ctrl + D.

Copying objects at a specified position

·         You can create multiple object copies simultaneously while specifying their position, without using the Clipboard. For example, you can distributeobject copieshorizontally, to the left or right of the original object; or you can distribute object copies vertically, below or above the original object. You can specify the spacing between object copies, or you can specify the offset at which object copies are created in relation to each other.

To create copies of an object at a specified position

1 Select an object.

2 Click Edit

3 click on Step and Repeat.

4 In the Step and repeat docker, type a value in the Number of copies box.

To distribute object copies horizontally, In the Vertical offset area, choose No offset from the Mode list box. In the Horizontal offset area, choose Spacing from the Mode list box. To specify the spacing between object copies, type a value in the Distance box. To place the object copies to the right or left of the original, choose Right or Left from the Direction list box.

 To Distribute object copies vertically

In the Horizontal offset area, choose No offset from the Mode list box. In the Vertical offset area, choose Spacing from the Mode list box. To specify the spacing between object copies, type a value in the Distance box. To place the object copies above or below the original, choose Up or Down from the Direction list box.

Offset all object copies by a specified distance

In the Horizontal offset andVertical offset areas, choose Offset from the Mode list box, and type values in the Distance boxes.