Copy and Paste Commands

The process of using the Copy and Paste Commands is as follows;-

1. Select the items to be copied (see Selection Tools). Selected items should be of the same type, for example only rows or only columns or only stitches but not a mixture of these.

   The selection should not contain hidden 'no stitches' as this will cause strange results. To copy and paste areas of a chart containing hidden 'no stitches' first unhide the hidden stitches by selecting either the chart or row(s) and selecting Edit > Show Hidden Items in Selection from the main menu.

2. Invoke the Copy Command to copy the selected items to the System Clipboard. Calling the Copy command erases the existing contents of the Clipboard.

3. Make a selection on the chart to indicate where the paste will occur. The selection should be of the same type as the items that were copied, i.e. select a row in order to paste copied rows. The selection marks the top left-most corner of the area where the paste will occur. If copying and pasting a chart then this selection is not necessary.

4. Invoke the Paste Command to paste the copied items from the System Clipboard onto the selected location. The copied items remain on the Clipboard and can be used for more than one Paste Command.

Note that, if there are repeats in the selection, then these are also copied, if all of the stitches inside the repeats are also selected. There are occasions when you might want to copy some stitches but do NOT wish to copy the repeats, for example if you have a stitch pattern inside a repeat but wish to adapt this for a side panel where there will be no repeats. In this, the copying of repeats can be turned off by with a preference setting. See Preferences for details of how to open the Preferences dialog. The setting is labelled 'Do not copy repeats when copying stitches'. Note that this preference setting only applies when stitches are copied. Repeats are always included in a copy when rows, columns or charts are copied.

Invoking the Copy Command.

Once items have been selected the Copy command can be invoked in any of the following ways;-

1. On the main menu bar, select Edit > Copy.

2. On the main tool bar, select the Copy Icon.

3. Use the keystroke Control+C (on Windows) or Cmd+C (on macOS).

Invoking the Paste Command.

Once items have been selected the Paste command can be invoked in any of the following ways;-

1. On the main menu bar, select Edit > Paste.

2. On the main tool bar, select the Paste Icon.

3. Use the keystroke Control+V (on Windows) or Cmd+V (on macOS).

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