1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2<!DOCTYPE sect2 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" 3 "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"> 4<!-- section history: 5 2007-10-09 j.h : no change needed for v2.4 6 2007-05-14 Added Spanish translation by AntI 7--> 8<sect2 id="gimp-edit-copy"> 9 <title>Copy</title> 10 11 <indexterm> 12 <primary>Layer</primary> 13 <secondary>Copy</secondary> 14 </indexterm> 15 <indexterm> 16 <primary>Selection</primary> 17 <secondary>Copy</secondary> 18 </indexterm> 19 20 <para> 21 The <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> command makes 22 a copy of the current selection and stores it in the Clipboard. The 23 information can be recalled using the 24 <link linkend="gimp-edit-paste">Paste</link>, 25 <link linkend="gimp-edit-paste-into">Paste Into Selection</link>, 26or 27 <link linkend="gimp-edit-paste-as-new-image">Paste As / New Image</link> 28commands. If 29 there is no selection, the entire current layer is 30 copied. <quote>Copy</quote> only works on the current active 31 layer. Any layers above or below it are ignored. 32 </para> 33 34 <sect3> 35 <title>Activate the Command</title> 36 <itemizedlist> 37 <listitem> 38 <para> 39 You can access this command from the image menubar through 40 <menuchoice> 41 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 42 <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> 43 </menuchoice>, 44 </para> 45 </listitem> 46 <listitem> 47 <para> 48 or by using the keyboard shortcut 49 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>. 50 </para> 51 </listitem> 52 </itemizedlist> 53 </sect3> 54</sect2> 55