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4<!-- Section history:
5  2007-05-14 Added Spanish translation by AntI
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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>
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