Pasting Objects |
You can paste objects from the clipboard that were previously placed
there by an earlier Cut or Copy operation. Pasting is most often
the second half of a Cut-and-Paste or Copy-and-Paste operation.
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To paste objects from the clipboard
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Once you paste objects, they remain in the clipboard so you can
paste them repeatedly to create multiple copies.
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You can also Paste graphics that were copied to the clipboard by
other programs. After copying a graphic from another program,
simply use Paste just as described above. This will work as
long as the other program copies its graphics to the clipboard in
a format that this program knows (WMF, EMF, BMP, DIB) - which is
very likely.
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The clipboard can contain the same information in several different
formats at once. Normally, when you use Paste as described
above, this program chooses the best format automatically (or the
one that the other program said was best). However, there is
also a way to choose exactly which format to paste:
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To paste objects from the clipboard in a particular format
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Note that if you copy diagram objects and paste them as a picture,
you can no longer edit the copy as if it were a diagram object.
However, this is a nice way to create your own complicated shapes
very easily.
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Pasting Text |
Pasting text is special because it can be done in two ways.
One way is to enter text mode, position the caret in an existing
figure or label at the point where you want text to appear, then
choose Paste from the edit menu. If you are not in text mode
and you paste text into your diagram, a new label will automatically
be created for you and positioned at the center of the screen with
the text that was in the clipboard. The style of this label
will be the last label style you selected.
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