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COPYING AND DELETING OBJECTS

Copying and deleting objects can be done by entering either the copy mode or the delete mode. To enter either of these modes, activate the draw window menu and from it select the 'object' option. Selecting the 'copy' option puts you into copy mode. Now press and hold down the left mouse button, and move the mouse over an object in the draw window. You will notice that the mouse seems to pick up a copy of the object you passed over. Release the left mouse button and the object disappears. Try this again with an object you would like to copy. Now move the copy of the object to a new position in the draw window and while holding down the left mouse button, press and release the right mouse button. This will place a copy of the object where you wanted it. Notice that the mouse still seems to have a copy of the original object attached to it. This lets us make multiple copies of an object by simply moving the mouse and clicking on the right mouse button over and over. Now release the left mouse button and you have finished. Remember that you are still in copy mode however. Objects can be copied to other draw windows as easily as they can to the original draw window.

To enter delete mode, activate the draw window menu and from it select the 'object' option. Selecting the 'delete' option puts you into delete mode. Now press and hold down the left mouse button, and move the mouse over the objects in the draw window. You will notice that the objects become selected and deselected as the mouse passes over them. When you have selected an object that you wish to delete, while holding down the left mouse button, press and release the right mouse button. The selected object will disappear. It has now been deleted. You can continue to select and delete (or not) objects in the draw window by simply moving the mouse to an object and repeating the right mouse button click. Now release the left mouse button and you have finished. Remember that you are still in delete mode however.