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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6bbaa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Copy and paste graphics</h4>
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</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>When
you copy and paste or drag a graphic into an InDesign document,
some attributes of the original object may be lost, depending on
the limitations of the operating system and the range of data types
the other application makes available for transfer, and the InDesign
Clipboard preferences. Pasting or dragging Illustrator graphics
lets you select and edit paths within the graphic.</p>
<p>Copying
and pasting or dragging between two InDesign documents, or within
a single document, however, preserves all of the graphics attributes
that were imported or applied. For example, if you copy a graphic
from one InDesign document and paste it into another, the new copy
will be an exact duplicate of the original, even including the original’s
link information, so that you can update the graphic when the file
on disk changes. </p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6bbaa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6bbaa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Copy and paste graphics</h3><div><div class="section"><p>When copying and pasting a graphic from another
document into an InDesign document, InDesign does not create a link
to the graphic in the Links panel. The graphic may be converted
by the system clipboard during the transfer, so both image quality
and print quality may be lower in InDesign than in the graphic’s original
application.</p>
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<ol><li><span>In InDesign or another program, select the original
graphic, and choose Edit&#160;&gt; Copy.</span></li>
<li><span>Switch to an InDesign document window, and&#160;choose
Edit&#160;&gt; Paste.</span></li>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6bb9a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6bb9a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Drag and drop graphics</h3><div><div class="section"><p>The drag-and-drop method works like the Place
command, with images appearing in the Links panel after they’re
imported. You cannot set import options for the files you drag and
drop; however, you can drag and drop multiple files at once (the
files are loaded in the graphics icon when you drag and drop more
than one).</p>
<p>Select a graphic from Adobe Illustrator, Adobe
Bridge, Explorer (Windows), the Finder (Mac&#160;OS), or your
desktop, and drag it into InDesign. The image must be in a format
that InDesign can import. </p>
<p>After dragging and dropping a file
from any location other than Illustrator, it appears in the Links
panel in InDesign. Using the Links panel, you can control versions
and update as necessary.</p>
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<ol><li><span>Select the original graphic.</span></li>
<li><span>Drag the graphic into an open InDesign document window. </span></li>
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<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>In Windows, if you try to drag an item from an application
that does not support drag and drop, the pointer displays the Prohibited
icon.</div>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To cancel dragging a graphic, drop
the graphic onto any panel title bar or the document title bar.</div></div>
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