User Guide > Working with objects and properties > Copy, cut, paste, or delete an object
To copy, cut, paste, or delete an object
1. Select the desired object or objects on the Artboard or in the Project panel. To select multiple objects on the Artboard, hold down the SHIFT key.
2. Do one of the following:
| • | To delete the object and make it available for pasting elsewhere, select Cut on the Edit menu or select Cut on the Context menu or click the Cut button( )on the main toolbar . |
| • | To copy the object, select Copy on the Edit menu or select Copy on the Context menu or click the Copy button( ) on the main toolbar. |
| • | To delete the object, press DELETE key , select Delete on the Edit menu or select Delete on the Context menu or click the Delete button( ) on the main toolbar. |
3. If you want to paste the object elsewhere and you chose either Cut or Copy in the previous step do one of the following:
| • | select the object in the Project panel that you want to contain the object |
| • | activate the current page on the Artboard(if not active) that you want to contain the object by clicking on the Artboard or using F5 hotkey (only if you will insert the visual object) |
| • | select the target page on the Artboard that you want to contain the object by using Sheet tabs on the Artboard (only if you will insert the visual object) |
and then select Paste on the Edit menu or select Paste on the Context menu or click the Paste button(
) on the main toolbar.
Note, in the Artboard, you can quickly create a duplicate of one or many visual objects by selecting them and then holding down the CTRL key when you drag them or by using CTRL+D hotkey.