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Editing Scanned Images
Copying, cutting, or deleting a selection
You may want to copy part or all of an image and paste it into a word-
processing or desktop publishing document.
Copying within an image document
To co py a nd paste a selection within an image document:
1Select the area you want to copy.
2Choose Copy from the Edit menu (or press
x
–C).
3Click anywhere in the image area and choose Paste from the Edit menu (or press
x
–V).
The copy is pasted where you clicked.
Copying and pasting into another application
To co py a nd paste a selection into a document in another application:
1Select and copy a portion of an image as described in the previous steps.
2If the other application is running and the document is open, click the document to
activate it.
You can open another application and create a new document without losing
the contents of the Clipboard. The copy you made remains on the Macintosh
Clipboard until you copy something else.
3Set the insertion point in the document and choose Paste from the Edit menu
(or press
x
–V).
The copy is pasted into the document.
Note: Some publishing applications do not allow you to paste the selection.