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<p class="Paragraph">In <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> it is possible to directly copy draw objects between text, spreadsheets and presentation documents.</p>
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<p class="P2">Select the draw object or objects.</p>
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<p class="P2">Copy the draw object to the clipboard, for example, by using <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">(Command)</help:case><help:default>(Ctrl)</help:default></help:switch>(C).</p>
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<p class="P2">Switch to the other document and place the cursor where the draw object is to be inserted.</p>
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<p class="P2">Insert the draw object to the target position, for example, by using <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">(Command)</help:case><help:default>(Ctrl)</help:default></help:switch>(V).</p>
<p class="Paragraph">An inserted draw object is anchored in a text document at the current paragraph. You can change the anchor by selecting the object and clicking on the <span class="T1">Change Anchor</span> icon on the object bar. This opens a popup menu where you can change the possible types of anchor.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">An inserted draw object is anchored to a spreadsheet in the current cell. You can change the anchor between cell and page and back by selecting the object and clicking on the <span class="T1">Change Anchor</span> on the object bar.</p>