Clipboard, and then choose Paste to place copies in the same docu-
ment, other open Canvas documents, and also into other programs.
You select one or more Canvas objects before choosing Cut or Copy.
You can select text objects, paint objects, vector objects, specialized
objects such as dimensions, and group objects. When you choose Cut
or Copy, the selected items appear on the Clipboard.
The Cut command removes selections from the document.
The Copy command leaves selections in the document.
Using the Paste command to insert the Clipboard contents into a doc-
ument does not erase the Clipboard. You can use Paste to insert the
Clipboard contents as many times as you want. The Clipboard con-
tents remain intact until you use the Copy or Cut command in any
application to replace the Clipboard contents with a new selection.
To copy objects by pasting
1
Select the objects that you want to copy.
2
Choose Edit > Copy. Canvas puts the selected objects on the
Clipboard.
3
If you want to paste the copied selection into another docu-
ment, switch to that document. You can switch to an open Canvas
document by choosing its name at the bottom of the Window menu.
4
Choose Edit > Paste. Canvas pastes the Clipboard contents into
the active document. Pasted objects appear selected in the center of
the document window.
Options for copying objects
The Copy Options command lets you select formats when you copy
objects to the Clipboard. This command is useful when you want to
copy a selection using a format that can be pasted into another pro-
gram
You can select the program you want to paste objects into. Canvas
will select the best format for copying the selection to the Clipboard.
You can select common programs, such as Microsoft Word and
Adobe PageMaker.
These options have no effect when you paste selections in Canvas.