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= Edit > Paste =

[[Image(source:trunk/images/paste.png)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' '''{{{Ctrl+V}}}'''

'''Paste the contents of the clipboard,'''[[Br]]
at the mouse pointer position into the active data layer:
* all nodes and parent objects will be preserved as they were selected (relative position is kept)
* links in the data (''node-way'' and ''way-relation'', ''node-relation'') will be respected '''[Help/Dialog/SelectionList#Selection but only if they were selected]'''; cloned objects will have (new) links similar to copied objects

=== To copy objects at known node ===
If you want to duplicate an [Concepts/Object object] in exactly the same place as the first [Concepts/Object object]:
 1. Select the initial [Concepts/Object object]
 2. [[Image(source:trunk/images/dialogs/autoscale/selection.png,20)]] [ZoomToSelection Zoom to selection]. {{{ {3} }}}
 3. Move mouse cursor out of [Help/MapView the editing window], paste object

== See also ==
 * [[Image(source:trunk/images/copy.png,20)]] [Action/Copy Copy] - used to copy objects or just selected tags
 * [[Image(source:trunk/images/pastetags.png,20)]] [Action/PasteTags Paste Tags] - will paste only tags
 * [[Image(source:trunk/images/duplicate.png,20)]] [Action/Duplicate Duplicate]
 * [Concepts/Object Objects]

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