Belongs to
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Category: General, Operators
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Type: Changes
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Since Version: 13 update 1
What it does
Allows you to cut or copy the selected objects to a clipboard.
You should give the clipboard a name (by default: Untitled 1), to avoid confusion when
copy-and-pasting different selections in one Action List. You can use up to 1,000 clipboards if
you wish, however it is important to realize that these clipboards are not saved; they are only
used while the Action List in which they are used is run.
This Action should be preceded by a
selection (i.e. to select the object you want to cut or copy) and followed by Paste objects from clipboard in the same Action List. You cannot cut or copy
something to a clipboard in one Action List and then paste it within another Action
List.
How to proceed?
- Create a new Action List.
- Add a select Action that select the objects you want to cut or copy.
- Add a Cut or copy objects to clipboard Action to your Action List and set the
attributes (select Cut or Copy and type an appropriate name).
- Add a Select pages Action to indicate the pages on
which the selection should be pasted (if not yet selected in step 1, e.g. if you added "Select
all" in step 1).
- Add a Paste objects from clipboard Action and set the attributes on the different
tabs (e.g. to define the position of the pasted objects).
Note:
- Action Lists are executed page after page. As a consequence, you can only paste objects to
the following pages. For example, if you copy an object that is present on page 3, you can
paste it on page 3, 4, 5, ... but not on page 1 or 2.
- If there is nothing to select to cut or copy (i.e. the select Action of step 2 in the above
procedure result in an empty selection), the content of the clipboard is not overwritten with
an "empty" set of objects! The previous content (if any) is preserved and will be pasted once
more. If you do not want this, you can select the Clear clipboard after
paste checkbox in the attributes of Paste objects from clipboard Action.