The Paste Special command pastes or embeds the Clipboard contents in a specified format. It also can create a link to information in another movie. The Paste Special dialog box contains the following options:
Source Displays the name of the source data and its location.
Paste Inserts the Clipboard contents into your drawing.
Paste Link Inserts the Clipboard contents into your drawing and creates a link to the source application so that the pasted items are updated automatically.
As Defines the type of information you want to paste. Choose Object to paste an object and the information needed to edit the object. The name of the object depends on the application that created it. The object can later be converted to an editable Flash drawing using Modify > Break Apart.
Choose Picture (Metafile) to paste an image that Flash converts to a form that can be edited in Flash. Choose Text (ASCII) to paste unformatted text. Choose Text (Native) to paste text with formatting information. Choose Flash Drawing to paste a portion of a Flash drawing.
Display As Icon Displays the link as an icon in your drawing.
Result Describes the result of the selection operation.
Change Icon Opens the Change Icon dialog box. Use the options in this dialog box to choose a different icon. This option is available only if the Display As Icon option is selected.