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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Copying Graphics Between 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_id3159201"><bookmark_value>drag and drop; pictures</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>pictures; drag and drop between documents</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>copying;pictures, between documents</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>pasting;pictures from other documents</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw added "pasting;"</comment>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159201" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="dragdrop_graphic"><link href="text/shared/guide/dragdrop_graphic.xhp" name="Copying Graphics Between Documents">Copying Graphics Between Documents</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155805" xml-lang="en-US">You can copy a graphic from one document to another by drag-and-drop. If you plan to publish your document, please observe copyright laws and obtain the consent of the authors.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147576" xml-lang="en-US">Open the document in which you want to insert the graphic object.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155338" xml-lang="en-US">Open the document from which you want to copy the graphic.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149182" xml-lang="en-US">Click the graphic while pressing the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> key, to select it without executing any hyperlinks it may refer to.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151110" xml-lang="en-US">Keep the mouse button pressed and wait a moment while the object is copied to an internal memory.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US">Drag the graphic into the other document. <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">If the documents are not visible side by side, first move the mouse pointer to the button of the target document while keeping the mouse button pressed. The document in question is then displayed and you can move the mouse pointer into the document. 
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155628" xml-lang="en-US">Release the mouse button as soon as the gray text cursor indicates the position where you want to insert a copy of the picture.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150276" xml-lang="en-US">If the graphic is connected with a hyperlink, the hyperlink and not the graphic is inserted.</paragraph>
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