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Pasting from the Clipboard

Use the Paste command to paste entities from the operating system clipboard to the drawing.

Copy entities from a drawing to the clipboard with the Cut, ClipboardCopy, or Copy@ commands, then paste copies into other open drawings.

Optionally, you can force the clipboard content onto the active Layer.

  To copy entities within the drawing, use the Copy or Pattern commands.

To paste entities from the clipboard:

  1. Click Edit > Paste (or type Paste).

    The clipboard contents appear attached to the pointer.

  2. Type coordinates or click an insertion point for the clipboard contents.

    - or -

    Specify the Active Layer option to force the entities onto the active Layer, then specify the insertion point.

Access

Command: Paste

Menu: Edit > Paste

Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + V

Keyboard Shortcut: Command + V

Related Topics

Copying to the Clipboard

Copying with a Reference Point to the Clipboard

Cutting to the Clipboard

Pasting Entities as Block from the Clipboard



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