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3 Click OK.
Note: Smart Guides preferences also affect how objects move.
To set keyboard preferences that affect how objects move:
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Illustrator >
Preferences > General (Mac OS X).
2 In the Keyboard Increment text box, enter the distance you want each press of an arrow
key to move a selection, and then click OK.
To move or copy an object by pasting:
1 Select one or more objects that you want to cut or copy.
2 Choose Edit > Cut or Edit > Copy.
Note: To copy a bitmap version of the selected object onto the Clipboard for pasting into
Adobe Photoshop, choose Edit > Copy. (See
page 104.)
3 To paste an object into another file, open the file and choose one of the following
commands:
Edit > Paste to paste the objects into the center of the active window.
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Edit > Paste in Front to paste the object directly in front of the selected object.
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Edit > Paste in Back to paste the object directly in back of the selected object.
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Note: The Paste in Front and Paste in Back commands paste the object in the same
position on the new file's artboard as in the original file.
To move an object or a copy of an object by dragging:
1 Select the object.
You can also select multiple objects.
2 Position the pointer on an anchor point or path segment of the selected object. In
Preview view, you can click anywhere on the object when the Use Area Select option is
selected in General Preferences.
3 Drag the object to its new location. Shift-drag to constrain the object to multiples of
45 degrees.
You can use the Snap to Point command in the View menu to have the cursor snap to an
anchor point or guide when you drag an object within 2 pixels of the anchor point or
guide. Snap to Point is turned on when a check mark appears by the menu command.
To drag a copy of the object, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag.
Note: You can use this technique to drag copies of objects between Illustrator and
Photoshop files. (See "Using the drag-and-drop feature to copy artwork" on page
To move an object by using the arrow keys:
1 Select the object.
2 Press the arrow key for the direction in which you want to move the object.
The distance the object moves each time you press an arrow key is determined by the
value specified in the Keyboard Increment text box in the General Preferences dialog box.
The default distance is 1 point (1/72 of an inch, or .3528 millimeter).
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