To open the Duplicate dialog, select the objects that you want to duplicate, and then press Ctrl+D on your keyboard.
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Use the Duplicate dialog to specify the number of copies that you want to create from selected objects and to configure how those copies are placed on the template relative to the original objects.
Alternatively, you can specify that the copies are placed on subsequent templates in the document, in the same location on those templates as the location of the original objects on the original template.
To access this dialog, use one of the following methods:
Select the objects that you want to duplicate, and then click Duplicate on the Arrange menu.
Select the objects that you want to duplicate, open the object's context menu, click Arrange, and then click Duplicate.
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To open the Duplicate dialog, select the objects that you want to duplicate, and then press Ctrl+D on your keyboard. |
Select the method that you want to use to duplicate the objects, and then configure the properties for that method, as follows:
Duplicate vertically: Specifies that copies of the selected object are placed either below or above the selected object, depending on the Offset value that is specified.
Copies: Specifies the number of duplicate copies that you want to create. You can enter a value in the input box or use the arrows to select the number that you want.
Offset: Specifies the amount of vertical space that you want between each of the objects. A positive value places the copies below the original object. A negative value places the copies above the original object.
Duplicate horizontally: Specifies that copies of the selected object are placed either to the right or left of the selected object, depending on the Offset value that is specified.
Copies: Specifies the number of duplicate copies that you want to create. You can enter a value in the input box or use the arrows to select the number that you want.
Offset: Specifies the amount of horizontal space that you want between each of the objects. A positive value places the copies to the right of the original object. A negative value places the copies to the left of the original object.
Duplicate horizontally and vertically (table layout): Specifies that copies of the selected objects are placed both horizontally and vertically relative to the selected object to form a table layout that includes both the copies and the original selected object.
Columns: Specifies the number of columns that you want to be generated by the object and its duplicate copies. You can enter a value in the input box or use the arrows to select the number that you want.
Rows: Specifies the number of rows that you want to be generated by the object and its duplicate copies. You can enter a value in the input box or use the arrows to select the number that you want.
Horizontal Offset: Specifies the amount of horizontal space that you want between each of the columns. A positive value places the copies to the right of the original object. A negative value places the copies to the left of the original object.
Vertical Offset: Specifies the amount of vertical space you want between each of the rows. A positive value places the copies below the original object. A negative value places the copies above the original object.
Duplicate to next templates: Specifies that a copy of the selected object is placed on as many subsequent templates in the document as you specify. Each copy is placed in the same location on the subsequent templates as it appears on the original template.
Copies: Specifies the number of subsequent templates that you want the objects copied to. You can enter a value in the input box or use the arrows to select the number that you want.
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If you have specified more copies than the number of existing templates in the document, you receive a prompt for permission to create the necessary templates. If there are more templates than the specified number of copies, no copies are placed on the remaining templates. |
Clone data source values: Specifies that the copies are linked to the same data source values as the original objects. If the data source value of an original object is subsequently updated, the data source value of any duplicated copy is also updated.
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