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Operations on Objects

Selecting a Shape

To work with a shape, you need to select it. Shapes are selected by green alignment box.

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In most cases, the Select mode is used for selecting shapes.

To switch to the Select mode, do one of the following:
Toolbar	Click the Select button on the Drawing Tools toolbar.
Menu	Choose the Select item from the Tools / Draw menu.
Keyboard	Press Ctrl + 1.
	Press Esc to switch from anyone drawing tool.

Multiple Selection

The multiple selection is available using the Shift key.

Mouse

To select several shapes at a time, click them one by one, holding down the Shift key. To deselect one of the selected shapes, hold down Shift and click this shape again (this can be done for Select Box as well, see below).

In the Select tool mode, you can also use Select Box for selecting multiple shapes. Click the mouse beyond all the shapes you want to select, and while holding down the mouse button, drag it across the shapes to embrace them with a box. All the shapes touched by the resulting thin-line box will appear selected.

To select all the shapes on the page, do one of the following:
Menu	Choose the Select All item from the Edit menu.
Keyboard	Press Ctrl + A.

To cancel the selection, click outside the selected shapes.

Selecting Shapes in the Order they were Created

You can also use the Tab key to select shapes.

Keyboard	Each time you hit Tab, you select shapes in the order in which they were created or dropped on the page, starting from the currently selected shape. The program will adjust the document page each time you press Tab, so that the selected shape is shown in the center of the screen.
	Holding down the Shift key when hitting Tab reverses the selection order.

If no shape is selected, hitting Tab will select the first shape you have drawn or dropped on the page.

Copying, Pasting, Cutting, Deleting

You can exchange information between ConceptDraw MINDMAP and other applications by using the Clipboard. The Clipboard is a temporary storage area used by the system to transfer data between documents and applications. By using the Cut, Copy and Paste commands, you can copy the selected text or shapes onto the Clipboard and then insert it to another location.

Copy

The Copy command creates a copy of the selected shapes or text and places it onto the Clipboard.

To perform this command, do one of the following:
Toolbar	Click the Copy button on the Main toolbar.
Menu	Сhoose the Copy item from the Editmenu.
Context menu	Сhoose the Copy item from the object context menu.
Keyboard	Press Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert.

Once there is some data on the Clipboard, it can be inserted into the same document, or other documents and applications.

Paste

The Paste command inserts the content of the Clipboard into the cursor position.

To perform this command, do one of the following:
Toolbar	Click the Paste button on the Main toolbar.
Menu	Сhoose the Paste item from the Edit menu.
Context menu	Сhoose the Paste item from the object context menu.
Keyboard	Press Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert.

Delete

You can delete selected objects using the Delete command.

To perform this command, do one of the following:
Toolbar	Click the Delete button on the Main toolbar.
Menu	Сhoose the Delete item from the Edit menu.
Context menu	Сhoose the Delete item from the object context menu.
Keyboard	Press Delete.

Cut

The Cut command combines two operations: Copy and Delete. It places the selected items on the Clipboard, and then deletes them from the document.

To perform this command, do one of the following:
Toolbar	Click the Cut button on the Main toolbar.
Menu	Сhoose the Cut item from the Edit menu.
Context menu	Сhoose the Cut item from the object context menu.
Keyboard	Press Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete.

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