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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

== See also ==
 * [[Image(source:trunk/images/paste.png,20)]] [Action/PasteAtSourcePosition Paste at source position] - if you want to paste an [Concepts/Object object] at its source position (e.g. from another [wiki:Help/Dialog/LayerList layer] or another JOSM instance)
 * [[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]

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