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Object Handling 77

Cut, copy and paste
These let you move or copy an object in the same document or between different
documents. The procedure is:
1. Select the object.
2. To remove the object, choose "EDIT" > "CUT" (or "Ctrl + X"). To copy the object but
not remove it, choose "EDIT" > "COPY" (or "Ctrl + C"). Either option puts the object
(or a copy of it) onto the clipboard.
3. Choose "EDIT" > "PASTE", "Ctrl + V", or "INSERT". This pastes the clipboard contents
into the document.

Note that if the objects you copy are all on the same layer, then you can paste those
objects to any layer by first making it the current layer and then choosing "EDIT" > "PASTE"
> "PASTE IN LAYER" or "PASTE IN PLACE IN CURRENT LAYER". The layer from which the
objects were copied is ignored in this case.

However if the objects you copy are on several different layers, then the layer structure is
maintained when you paste.

This allows you to copy layered data within a document or to a different document. Any
layers which are missing in the target document are created automatically by this
operation. So for example if you copy a mouse-over button, which has one object on the
MouseOff layer and another object on the MouseOver layer, to a new document, the
MouseOff and MouseOver layers will be created if they don’t already exist and the button
objects copied onto them.

"Ctrl + Shift + V" or "EDIT" > "PASTE IN PLACE" pastes the clipboard contents into the same
X/Y position from where they were cut or copied or the same position relative to the
bottom of the page in the case of footer objects. This only applies to objects cut or copied
from within Designer Pro. Objects imported from other programs are always pasted into
the center of the current view.

The object remains on the clipboard so you can paste the same object several times.

You can paste the clipboard content into multiple pages of your document by simply
selecting the pages in the PAGE AND LAYER GALLERY. A simple "Ctrl + V" paste will place
the object in the center of the page when you have more than one page selected.

If there is a choice of formats on the clipboard, Xara Designer Pro X will display a PASTE
SPECIAL dialog which allows you to choose the format you want to paste in (eg. When
pasting in text you may have the choice of pasting in unformatted text or Rich Text).

In addition you may see the following paste options, depending on the clipboard
contents:

Paste unformatted text
Pastes any text on the clipboard into your document without any formatting.