Operation Manual

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2 Click Edit, and click one of the following:
• Cut
• Copy
You can also cut or copy an object by right-clicking the object and clicking Cut or Copy.
To paste an object into a drawing
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Click Edit Paste.
You can use this procedure to paste an object from another application.
To paste an object from an unsupported file format, or to specify options for the pasted object, click Edit Paste special. For more
information about pasting objects from other applications, see “Linking and embedding objects” on page 273.
To duplicate an object
1 Select an object.
2
Click Edit Duplicate.
When you duplicate objects for the first time, the Duplicate offset dialog box appears. To specify the distance between the duplicate
and the original object along the x and y axes, type values in the Horizontal offset and Vertical offset boxes.
• Offset values of 0 place the duplicate on top of the original.
• Positive offset values place the duplicate up and to the right of the original.
• Negative offset values place the duplicate down and to the left of the original.
Duplicating an object is useful for creating cuttable drop shadows for devices such as vinyl cutters and plotters.
You can change the offset at which duplicates are created. Click Tools Options and in the Document list of categories, click
General, and type values in the Horizontal and Vertical boxes.
You can also duplicate a selected object by pressing Ctrl + D.
To create copies of an object at a specified position
1 Select an object.
2
Click Edit Step and repeat.
3 In the Step and repeat docker, type a value in the Number of copies box, and click Apply.
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To Do the following
Distribute copies of objects horizontally In the Vertical settings area, choose No offset from the Mode list
box. In the Horizontal settings area, choose Spacing between
objects from the Mode list box. To specify the spacing between
object copies, type a value in the Distance box. To place the object
copies to the right or left of the original, choose Right or Left from
the Direction list box.