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You can also right-click a PowerClip object and click Lock contents to PowerClip, or you can select the PowerClip object and click the
Lock contents to PowerClip button on the PowerClip toolbar.
To extract the contents of a PowerClip object
1 Select a PowerClip object.
2
Click Object PowerClip Extract contents.
The contents remains in the same location, but it is separated from the frame. The PowerClip frame remains as an empty PowerClip
frame.
You must extract the contents of each level in a nested PowerClip separately.
You can also select the PowerClip object and click the Extract contents button on the PowerClip toolbar.
To set default options for PowerClip frames
1
Click Tools Options.
2 In the Workspace category, click PowerClip frame.
3 Perform a task from the following table.
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To Do the following
Set the default behavior for dragging content to a PowerClip frame In the Drag content inside PowerClip area, choose PowerClip
with content or Empty PowerClip from the list box, and then
choose one of the following options:
•Ignore PowerClip frame — places the content on top of the
PowerClip frame instead of inside
•Add content to PowerClip frame
•Replace existing content (available only for PowerClip frames
with content)
Set the default behavior for centering new content in a PowerClip
frame
In the Auto-center new content area, choose one of the following
options:
•When content is completely outside the frame — centers
content only if it is beyond the boundaries of the PowerClip
frame and will not be visible otherwise
•Always — always centers new content
•Never— turns off auto-centering
Mark empty PowerClip frames Enable the Show lines in empty PowerClip frames check box, and
choose one of the following options:
•Always — displays lines in empty PowerClip frames on screen
and in printed or exported documents
•On screen only — displays lines in empty PowerClip frames only
on screen
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