Duplicating Objects

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To duplicate objects with a selection tool:

1. Click a selection tool.

2. Select the objects.

3. Option+drag to create a copy and position it.

A copy of the selected objects is moved to the new position.

To duplicate the selected objects and constrain the positioning of the copy to the same position as the original objects:

1. Select a selection tool.

2. Select the objects.

3. Option+Shift+dragto create a copy and position it.

To place a copy of an object on the Clipboard:

1. Select the objects using a selection tool.

2. From the Edit menu, choose Copy.

A copy of the object is placed on the Clipboard.

You can transfer the copy on the Clipboard by the pasting it to the current document, another ChemDraw document, or a different document type.

For information about transferring ChemDraw pictures to other types of documents see "Autoscaling".