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NOTE You can also copy materials between the folders in the left pane by
either dragging and dropping them, or using the Copy and Paste options
on the shortcut menu.
To manage palette materials
1 Right-click a material in the right pane of the Materials tab (the palette).
Click Copy to copy the material to the clipboard. Right-click an
empty space in the palette and click Paste to paste a copy of the
material with the same name suffixed with the next number in the
list. This process is useful if you want to test small tweaks to a
material.
Click Delete on the shortcut menu to delete the material from the
palette. This will also remove the material from all items in the scene.
Click Regenerate Image to regenerate the thumbnail of the material
in the palette with the current attributes.
Click Rename to rename the material. You can also select the
material and press F2 to rename it.
Click Edit, or double-click a material to open the Material Editor
dialog box, allowing you to edit its parameters. See Edit Presenter
Materials
(page 557) for more information.
Depending on whether items are selected in the scene and whether
the material has been assigned to any items, there will also be a couple
of Apply and Remove items on the shortcut menu. See Apply and
Remove Presenter Materials
(page 552) for more details.
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