# Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Drawing Objects

You can cut, copy, and paste drawing objects in different areas of the current drawing or place them in a completely different drawing.

To cut, copy, and paste drawing objects:

1. Click the Select tool and select the drawing objects you want to cut or copy.

2. Decide if you want to create a copy of the object or if you want to remove it.

- Select Edit > Copy Drawing Object to copy the selected object.
- Select Edit > Cut Drawing Object to cut the selected object. The original object disappears from the View window.

3. Select Edit > Paste Drawing Object to place the copied object in the View window. The pasted object appears slightly offset from the original.

4. If you want to create a new drawing from the selected object, select another cell in the Exposure Sheet window or frame in the Timeline window, and reselect the View window before you paste the object.

| If you just want to make a copy of the selected objects, press [Option] and drag the select objects. Text and drawing objects can be selected simultaneously, however drawing tools will have no effect on the text. To convert text into a drawing object, use the Break Text Apart command (Tools > Break Text Apart).

See Also
Grouping Drawing Objects
Ordering Drawing Objects
Resizing, Flipping, Rotating and Moving Drawing Objects
Deforming a Drawing Object
Creating Cycles
Exposure Sheet and Timeline Windows