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I am very new to LC and have the above problem.

When I go to the Edit menu to duplicate a card nothing I do seems to make the option "Duplicate Ctrl D" selectable. The stack is saved however the name of the file does not appear in the stack window. The name of the window appears as"Untitled 3 *".

This is a bit inconvenient. Can anyone offer any advice?

To copy a card using ctrl-d the card must be selected. If you're in edit mode you can double click the card and it should open up the property inspector, at which point ctrl-d should duplicate it. (the property inspector should show that the card is selected for this to work) If you don't want to mess with double clicking you can "select card "cardname" in the message box, then hit ctrl-d

Easier is probably to use a direct command in the message box. You can either use copy or clone.

copy card "cardname"

paste -- will then paste the card thats in the clipboard


Or clone card "cardname"

As for why the title bar shows the name of the stack with * that indicates that you haven't set the title of the stack yet. Open the inspector for the stack, set the title and voila' .

OK, do what Sturgis says...
But I'd like to check on something, is the reason for duplicating your card is to have something constant like a maybe a nav bar?

If so then check out "group" and setting it as a background. This will duplicate the nav bar on all new cards and has the advantage that you only need to edit one group and they will all update to the same thing. You can also remove the group from any card you like as you design.

If not... do what Sturgis says

Simon