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Paste Elements Submenu

You can paste an element from the  Enterprise Architect Clipboard or the MS Windows clipboard into a diagram, either as a hyperlink to the original element or as a new element. The Enterprise Architect clipboard takes precedence, so you must clear that clipboard before you can paste from the MS Windows clipboard.

Access  Edit | Paste Element(s)

Paste Elements Menu

Option

Usage

Shortcut

See also

as Link

Paste the element in the buffer as a link (that is, a reference) to the element.

If there are images in the MS Windows clipboard and none in the Enterprise Architect clipboard, you can:

Paste an image from the MS Windows clipboard into a new element as the appearance of the new element, or
Paste an image from the MS Windows clipboard into the diagram as a new boundary's appearance

 

Shift + Insert

 

 

 

Paste from Project Browser

as New

Paste the element in the buffer as a completely new element.

 

Ctrl + Shift + V