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+| << [[grids|Grids]]  |  **[[geda:gschem_ug|gEDA gschem User Guide]]**  |  [[components|Components]] >> |
+===== Moving and copying =====
+==== Moving objects ====
+There are three main ways to move an object:
+  - Left-click on an object and drag it.  If it is [[selecting|selected]], everything else that is currently selected will be moved with it.
+  - Select one or more objects and press **<M>** to begin moving, and then left-click to place them in their new position.
+  - Select one or more objects, and then use **Edit→Move Mode**.  Left click once to begin moving the objects, and again to finish.
+Any nets connected to objects that you are moving will stretch (or "rubberband") so that they stay connected.  You can turn this behaviour on and off using **Options→Toggle net rubberband**.
+If you hold **<Ctrl>** while moving, the movement will be constrained to be only horizontal or vertical.
+==== Rotating and mirroring objects ====
+You can also rotate and mirror objects or groups of objects.
+To rotate the selection 90° anticlockwise around the current position of the mouse pointer, press **<E R>**.  If you are in the process of placing an object on the page (for example, while moving it), you can also rotate by middle-clicking.
+To flip the selection left-to-right around the mouse pointer, press **<E I>**.
+==== Copying objects on the page ====
+When you have objects selected, you can make a quick copy by pressing **<E C>**, and then left-clicking to place the copied objects.  You can right-click while placing to cancel the copy.  You can also make a quick copy by selecting **Edit→Copy mode** from the menu, in which case you must then left-click to begin copying and again to finish.
+If you need to make more than one copy, you can use **Edit→Multiple Copy Mode**, or press **<E Y>**.  This is like a normal quick copy, except you can left-click multiple times to make several copies of the selection, and right-click to finish copying.
+If you hold **<Ctrl>** while making quick copies, the copy will be constrained to be in line with the original either horizontally or vertically.
+==== Copying and pasting the clipboard ====
+You can copy and paste selected objects using the //system clipboard//.  To copy the selection to the system clipboard, select **Edit→Copy**, or to remove it from the page and put it in the clipboard, **Edit→Cut**.
+If the clipboard contains gEDA schematic or symbol data, you can place it on the page with **Edit→Paste**.  While placing the clipboard data, you can right-click to cancel.
+==== Using buffers ====
+gschem supports several //buffers//, which work just like the system clipboard, except they are not accessible to other applications.  You can access them through the **Buffer** menu.
+Buffers can be useful when you have a set of objects that you wish to paste multiple times during an editing session, but not all at once.

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