Paste an Item onto the Work Area

When you copy an item (How?) on the Work Area, you can paste that item to a new location in a variety of ways.

Paste an Item Copied from SmartDraw

To paste the item to the Work Area, click Paste in the Clipboard group of the Home tab. Your item will appear in the upper-left corner of the Work Area. You can move (How?) the pasted item to the desired position.

Paste an Embedded or Linked Item from a Different Program

You can also paste an item which is linked to a file from a different program or embedded from a different program. To do this, copy the item in the other program. Then in SmartDraw, click the arrow beneath the Paste button and click Paste Special in the menu.

This opens a dialog box in which you can specify whether you would like to paste the item (and in which file format) or just link to the file.

You can also check the checkbox button to display the item as an icon on the Work Area. Click OK once you've made your selections.

Duplicate an Item in the Work Area

You can make several exact copies of any item on your visual. To do this, select (How?) the item(s) you wish to duplicate, click the Paste menu button, and click Duplicate.

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