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<p class="Head1"><help:key-word value="drag and drop; graphics" tag="kw67975_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="graphics; drag and drop" tag="kw67975_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="dragdrop_graphic" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="67975">Copying Graphics Between Documents</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can copy a graphic from one document to another by drag-and-drop. If you plan to publish your document, please observe copyright laws and, for safety, obtain the consent of the authors of the original.</p>
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<p class="P2">Open the document in which you want to insert the graphic object.</p>
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<p class="P2">Open the document from which you want to copy the graphic.</p>
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<p class="P2">Click the graphic while pressing the <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Option</help:case><help:default>Alt</help:default></help:switch> key, to select it without executing any hyperlinks it may refer to.</p>
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<p class="P2">Keep the mouse button pressed and wait a moment while the object is copied to your clipboard.</p>
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<p class="P2">Drag the graphic into the other document. If the documents are not visible side by side, first move the mouse pointer to the button of the target document. Keep the mouse button pressed! The document in question is then displayed and you can move the mouse pointer into the document.</p>
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<p class="P2">Release the mouse button as soon as the gray text cursor indicates the position where you want to insert a copy of the picture.</p>
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<p class="P2">If the graphic is connected with a hyperlink, the hyperlink and not the graphic is inserted.</p>
