Copying and Pasting Multiple Objects

[PeterG]

I have noticed in the training videos how multiple objects are being copied, pasted and distributed efficiently and very rapidly. When I copy and paste, it get's positioned over the existing objects and then I have to select and drag them individually to their required positions after which select them and distribute the using align objects tool
Is there someone that can explain this to me.

Thanks
Peter G

[richmond62]

Probably the best way is to Group all the objects you want to copy, copy them,
paste them to the new card, and then ungroup them.

That way their positions will remain the same.

[dunbarx]

Hi.

I have not seen the videos.

Richmond makes a point, in that a group of objects can be treated as a single control. But is that what you wanted? Because simply selecting multiple objects, either with the edit tool or by script, works the same way without having to group, Can you give an example of what you want to happen when the copy/paste is finished?

Of course, you can do all this by script, and not have to lift a finger (after the coding, that is), but that all depends on how you answer the question.

Craig Newman