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 2007-05-14 Added Spanish translation by AntI 6--> 7<sect2 id="gimp-edit-paste"> 8 <title>Paste</title> 9 10 <indexterm> 11 <primary>Layer</primary> 12 <secondary>Paste</secondary> 13 </indexterm> 14 <indexterm> 15 <primary>Selection</primary> 16 <secondary>Paste</secondary> 17 </indexterm> 18 <indexterm> 19 <primary>Paste</primary> 20 </indexterm> 21 22 <para> 23 The <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> command puts whatever is in 24 the Clipboard from the last <quote>Copy</quote> or <quote>Cut</quote> 25 command into the current image. The pasted section becomes a 26 <quote>floating selection</quote> and is shown as a separate layer in the 27 Layers Dialog. 28 </para> 29 <para> 30 If there is an existing selection on the canvas, it is used to align 31 the pasted data. If there is already a selection, the data is pasted 32 using the selection as a center point. If you want the selection to be 33 used as a clipping region for the pasted data, you should use 34 the <quote>Paste Into Selection</quote> command. 35 </para> 36 <note> 37 <para> 38 You can have only <emphasis>one</emphasis> floating selection at any 39 one time. You cannot work on any other layer while there is a 40 floating selection; you have to either anchor it or remove it. 41 </para> 42 </note> 43 44 <sect3> 45 <title>Activate the Command</title> 46 <itemizedlist> 47 <listitem> 48 <para> 49 You can access this command from the image menubar through 50 <menuchoice> 51 <guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem> 52 <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> 53 </menuchoice>. 54 </para> 55 </listitem> 56 <listitem> 57 <para> 58 or by using the keyboard shortcut 59 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>V</keycap></keycombo>. 60 </para> 61 </listitem> 62 </itemizedlist> 63 </sect3> 64</sect2> 65