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Copy and Paste

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This page discusses copying and pasting within Opal.

By and large, what is said here about Copy applies equally to Cut, so there is no separate discussion of cutting. — The basic menu commands mentioned on this page (Edit > Cut, Edit > Copy, Edit > Paste) are available also through the contextual menu that appears when you Control-click on a topic’s triangle.

As with everything in Opal, a distinction must be drawn between a topic and the text within a topic. And this distinction, if you’re copying and pasting entirely within Opal, must be drawn twice: once when copying, and again when pasting.

Copying

Pasting

Drag and Drop

Drag and drop may be used as a sort of shortcut for cut and paste (or copy and paste), and has the advantage of leaving the clipboard untouched. Also, there are certain actions (such as inserting a document link) that can be performed only through drag and drop.

Within an Opal document:

Between Opal documents:

From Opal to another application:

From another application to Opal:

In both the above cases, text styling and pictures are generally preserved, but the details will depend upon the sending application.

From Opal to the Dock:



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