How Do You Copy and Paste a Shape in Illustrator?

David Miller
David Miller
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Contents How Do You Copy Something in Illustrator? Duplicate or Copy Objects Same Document. Hold Down Alt (Win) or Option (Mac), and Then Drag the Edge or Fill...

How Do You Copy and Paste a Shape in Illustrator?
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How do you copy something in Illustrator?

Duplicate or Copy Objects

  1. Same Document. Hold down Alt (Win) or Option (Mac), and then drag the edge or fill of the object.
  2. Different Documents. Open the documents side by side, and then drag the edge or fill of the object from one document to another.
  3. Copy/Paste from Clipboard. …
  4. Keyboard.

28.08.2013

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How do you duplicate a shape?

Select your first shape and press CTRL + D to duplicate it. Re-organize and align the pasted shape as you want to have it. When you are done with the alignment of the second shape, then use CTRL + D several times again to make your other copies of the shape.

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