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Companion and Reflect

IMPORTANT: if you have data you must ensure that [User sets], [Frozen], or [Has live data] is selected in Project global settings before making changes to the project.

After selecting the relevant entries from the Main window, you can use the menu, toolbar or context menu (right click) to:

•[Update] you will see the Entry details window for the first entry selected

•[Rename] you will see Entry rename

•[Cut] to remove the entries and place them on the clipboard

•[Copy] to place a copy of the entries on the clipboard

•[Delete] to remove the entries from the project

After the last or only entry selected in the main window you can also:

•[Paste] to add the entries from the clipboard to the project

•[Paste special] to add the entries from the clipboard to the project changing them first with Paste special

TIP: it is also possible to copy and change entries from another QDF.  If you have a lot of entries to copy then you can open both QDFs and switch between them to copy and paste.

IMPORTANT: if you paste entries that have the same names as existing entries you can choose to:

•Replace any existing entries with the new ones from the clipboard, the entries will not be moved; the new versions will be placed where the previous entries were situated

•Use "Paste special" to rename the clipboard entries

If you selected more than one entry for updating you can move between this selected list using the menu or toolbar on the Entry details window.  You can also move up and down all the project entries using other menu or toolbar selections.

Any changes made to entries using the Entry details window are implemented immediately; use undo to reverse any mistakes.

Rename is done separately from other changes because the program needs to scan all the other entries in the project and change any references to the renamed entry.  See Entry rename.

Entries can be moved by cutting and pasting them back to the new position.