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Inserts data from the Clipboard
Standard toolbar:
Edit menu: Paste
Shortcut menu: End any active commands, right-click in the drawing area,
and choose Paste.
Command line: pasteclip
Specify insertion point:
If the Clipboard contains ASCII text, the text is inserted as a multiline text
(mtext) object using the MTEXT defaults. A spreadsheet is inserted as a table
object.
All other objects, except AutoCAD objects, are inserted as embedded or linked
(OLE) objects. You can edit these OLE objects by double-clicking them in the
drawing to open the application in which they were created.
NOTE You can also use CTRL + V to run PASTECLIP. If the cursor is in the
drawing area, PASTECLIP behaves as described. If the cursor is on the command
line, text from the Clipboard is pasted at the current prompt.
PASTEORIG
Pastes a copied object in a new drawing using the coordinates from the original drawing
Edit menu: Paste to Original Coordinates
Shortcut menu: End any active commands, right-click in the drawing area,
and choose Paste to Original Coordinates.
Command line: pasteorig
The object copied to the Clipboard is pasted into the drawing at the same
coordinates used in the original drawing.
PASTEORIG functions only when the Clipboard contains AutoCAD data from
a drawing other than the current drawing.
PASTESPEC
Inserts data from the Clipboard and controls the format of the data
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