Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 377)

20 • Use graphic objects
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To move objects in small increments using the keyboard
1. Select one or more objects.
2. Place the pointer on the object, not on its edge or handle.
3. Hold down Shift while you press an arrow key.
To adjust the amount of the increment, first hold down the Shift key and press the + or
- keys on the keyboard’s numeric keypad.
4. Release the Shift key when the object is in place.
Copy objects
To copy objects, you can:
 Drag and drop objects in the same display.
 Drag and drop objects between displays, or from a graphic library to a display.
 Copy and paste objects.
When an object is copied, any animation attached to the object is also copied. If a group is
copied, the new copy of the group can be ungrouped to individual objects, just like the
original.
Copy objects with multiple languages
If an object has multiple language strings set up, copying the object copies all the
languages. You have two options for pasting an object with multiple language strings into
an application:
 If you use the Paste command, the object is pasted into an application with different
languages, only the strings for languages that are used by the application are pasted. If
the new application has languages that are not set up for the object, those language
strings are undefined and will be shown with single question marks.
 If you use the Paste without localized strings command, the object is pasted with
only the current localized language. The Paste without localized strings command
removes all other language strings from the object and sets the language strings to
Undefined.
For more information about setting up multiple languages, see Chapter 12.
To copy objects in the same display
1. Select one or more objects.
2. Drag the object, and then press Ctrl.