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Moving, copying, and deleting objects

Corel PHOTO-PAINT lets you move an object or part of an object to a new location in the same image window or to another image window. You can also copy an object, or part of an object, and paste it into an image. To copy and paste between image windows, you can drag and drop an object from one window to another.

When you move or copy part of an image, you must first define an editable area for that part of the image. You can also move or copy an object into an editable area. For more information about defining editable areas, see “Defining editable areas.”

When you no longer need an object, you can delete it.

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The selected photo object is moved from the top-left corner to the lower-right corner.


To move an object

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To move
Do the following
An object within an image window or to another image window
Select an object, and drag it to a new location.
An object by nudging it in preset increments
Select an object, and press an Arrow key.
An object to a precise location relative to the image window.
Select an object. Click the Position and size mode button Photo Paint pgx position mode Moving, copying, and deleting objects on the property bar, and type values in the Position boxes on the property bar.

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For information about setting the nudge value, see “Setting options.”

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You can move an object to a precise location that is relative to its current position by enabling the Relative position button Photo Paint pgx relative position Moving, copying, and deleting objects on the property bar.

To move part of an object

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Select an object.
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Define an editable area on the object.
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Click Edit Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Cut.
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Click Edit Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Paste Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Paste as new object.

To copy an object

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Select an object.
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Click Edit Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Copy.
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Click Edit Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Paste Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Paste as new object.

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If you paste the object into the same window, the copy is placed on top of the original object.

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You can also copy and paste an object using Ctrl + C to copy and Ctrl + V to paste.
 
To copy a selected object within the same image window, click Object Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Duplicate.

To copy or move an object into an editable area

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Select an object.
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Click Edit, and click one of the following:
Copy
Cut
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Define an editable area.
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Click Edit Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Paste Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Into selection.

To delete an object

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Select an object.
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Click Object Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Delete.

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You can also delete a selected object by clicking the Delete object(s) button Photo Paint pgx trash button Moving, copying, and deleting objects in the Objects docker. If the Objects docker is not open, click Window Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Dockers Photo Paint onestep Moving, copying, and deleting objects Objects.

Moving, copying, and deleting objects