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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Copying Drawing Objects Into Other Documents</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153394"><bookmark_value>draw objects; copying between documents</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>copying; draw objects between documents</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>pasting;draw objects from other documents</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw added "pasting;"</comment>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="copy_drawfunctions"><link href="text/shared/guide/copy_drawfunctions.xhp">Copying Drawing Objects Into Other Documents</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153345" xml-lang="en-US">In $[officename] it is possible to copy drawing objects between text, spreadsheets and presentation documents. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145345" xml-lang="en-US">Select the drawing object or objects.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156426" xml-lang="en-US">Copy the drawing object to the clipboard, for example, by using <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+C.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152996" xml-lang="en-US">Switch to the other document and place the cursor where the drawing object is to be inserted.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149234" xml-lang="en-US">Insert the drawing object, for example, by using <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+V.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3147573">Inserting into a text document</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150276" xml-lang="en-US">An inserted drawing object is anchored to the current paragraph. You can change the anchor by selecting the object and clicking the <emph>Change Anchor</emph> icon on the <emph>OLE Object</emph> toolbar or the <emph>Frame</emph> toolbar. This opens a popup menu where you can select the anchor type.</paragraph>
<h2 id="hd_id3145609">Inserting into a spreadsheet</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151210" xml-lang="en-US">An inserted drawing object is anchored to the current cell. You can change the anchor between cell and page by selecting the object and clicking the <emph>Change Anchor</emph> icon 
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