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Use [Edit] [Paste special] from the Main window to change entries as they are pasted from the clipboard into the project.

See Icons for the meanings of the various icons used with paste special.

This enables you to amend entries from the clipboard and add them to the project, see User Guide, Project definition, Questions, inserting entries for details on new entries.

After any changes below use [Paste entries] to add the clipboard entries to the project. The clipboard entries are scanned before pasting and any errors reported.

If data locations are being set manually then you can choose to give the pasted questions new data locations:

•Set a new starting location; the questions are allocated new locations starting with this value

•Add a fixed amount to each location

•Subtract a fixed amount from each location

•If you do not set new data locations then the data locations for the clipboard questions will not be changed

Entries to be pasted

A list of the entries on the clipboard is shown.

Except for program entries all entries must have unique names. Any clipboard entries with names already in the project are marked as having duplicate names.

You can rename any clipboard entries by selecting them and typing a new name for them. Any references to renamed entries in other clipboard entries will also be changed.

Use the "Block" button to do global name changes with Block replace. Extended facilities licence needed.

Referenced entries

Any references from clipboard entries to entries that are not on the clipboard are checked. Any entries referred to that are not in the project will be marked as faulty references.

You can alter any references by selecting them and typing in the new reference; the new reference should be to an entry that is in the project. All clipboard entry references to a renamed reference will be changed.

Use the "Block" button to do global name changes with Block replace. Extended facilities licence needed.

You can remove selected references. This will delete any reference to the selected entry in the pasted entries:

•Applied filters referring to the entry are deleted

•References to the entry in logical definitions (filters or variable responses) or arithmetic definitions are deleted

•Carry forward references are deleted

•Preselect and auto-select references to the entry are deleted