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ChemDraw Beta 21.0 Portal
Created by Brian Myers
Created on Nov 24, 2021

Copying from a multipage document

Copying items from a multipage document to a new single page document is confusing and inconsistent. The attached movie shows the creation of a 3 page document followed by creating a structure on page 3. The structure is then copied. Moving to page 1 or 2 and pasting the stucture results in the structure being placed in the middle of the page. Opening a new document then pasting the structure results in a confusing dialog box asking to move the stuctures:

If you select "Yes", the structure is pasted near the bottom of the document. I expect that it should be pasted to the middle of the screen or document consistent with pasting on pages 1 or 2 in the multipage document.

More confusing is that if you select "No", the stucture is placed in a location (page 3) that is not actually part of the new one page document it is effectively lost to the user unless the user changes the document size.

The dialog box should state "Some objects are outside of the document area. Do you wish to paste or extend the document then paste? With buttons: Extend Paste (Default)

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