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  6.     <title>10.3.¬† Duplicate layer</title>
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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">10.3.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Duplicate layer</span>
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  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">10.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The ‚Äú<span class="quote">Layers</span>‚Äù Menu</span>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-duplicate"></a>10.3.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Duplicate layer</span>
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  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
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  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2419 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2007-12-04</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">j.h</td>
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  63.       <p>
  64.     The <span class="guimenuitem">Duplicate Layer</span> command adds a new
  65.     layer to the image which is a nearly identical copy of the active layer.
  66.     The name of the new layer is the same as the name of the original layer,
  67.     but with ‚Äú<span class="quote"> copy</span>‚Äù appended to it.
  68.   </p>
  69.       <p>
  70.     If you duplicate a background layer which does not have an alpha
  71.     channel, the new layer is provided with one. In addition, if there are
  72.     any ‚Äú<span class="quote">parasites</span>‚Äù attached to the active layer, they are
  73.     not duplicated. (If your understanding of the word
  74.     ‚Äú<span class="quote">parasites</span>‚Äù is limited to small, unpleasant creatures,
  75.     please ignore the last sentence.)
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  81.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2704570"></a>10.3.1.¬†
  82.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activate the Command</span>
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  91.           You can access this command from the image menubar through
  92.           <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">L</span>ayer</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">D<span class="accel">u</span>plicate Layer</span>,
  93.           or from the local pop-up menu that you get by right-clicking on
  94.           the Layer Dialog.
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  114.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-layer-new.html">10.2.¬†
  115.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">New Layer</span>
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  123.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Anchor layer</span>
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