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  47.           This command is found in 
  48.           <span class="guimenuitem">Image>Select/<span class="accel">F</span>loat</span>.
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  51.         Select Float converts a normal selection to a Floating Selection.
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  54.         Floating selections were used in the first ages of GIMP to perform 
  55.         operations on a limited part of the image. Nowadays, you can do that 
  56.         more easily with layers. This option is persisting. More, a float is 
  57.         automatically created when you move a selection using the move 
  58.         tool without pressing the ALT key (or Shift Alt in Linux). 
  59.         A temporay layer is created in the Layer Dialog. Its name is 
  60.         'Floating Selection'. 
  61.         No more operations can be performed on another layer until the float 
  62.         has been anchored.
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  65.         Once the wanted operations have been performed on the floating 
  66.         selection, you have to <span class="emphasis"><em>anchor</em></span> it, that is to 
  67.         say put it in a normal layer, more often the original layer, the 
  68.         last active, by clicking on the anchor button of the Layer Dialog or 
  69.         the 'Anchor Layer' of the Layer menu. You can also put it 
  70.         in a new layer by clicking on the New Layer button of the Layer 
  71.         Dialog.
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  79.           The From Path function is available through
  80.           the <span><b class="keycap">Shift+Ctrl+L</b></span> key combination.
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  94.         If you use "Layer Boundary Size", you can have some difficulties in 
  95.         selecting the part of the image you want have in the layer. If you 
  96.         make a rectangular selection and transform it into a float, you can 
  97.         anchor it in a new layer. You only have then to remove the old 
  98.         layer.
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