Cut, Copy and Paste

Cutting and copying pages

All pages can be cut or copied, and then pasted into a presentation. This 'clipboard paradigm' is used throughout the application and is discussed in more detail in the earlier The Clipboard Paradigm (Clipboard class) section.

To copy a page onto a clipboard use:

Clipboard copy()

To cut a page onto a clipboard use:

Clipboard cut()

Pasting shapes and groups

Shape and group objects can be pasted into pages. When a shape or group is pasted, it will be placed in the same position from which it was cut, and visually in front of other objects within this page.

To paste a shape or group into a page use:

ShapeOrGroup paste(Clipboard clipboard)

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