pasting to exact location?

[dzgnr89]

how can i copy paste  objects from one place to another at their exact location.?? for example i cut a circle located near the left edge of a rectangle, i cut it and paste it into new layer but it gets pasted at a different location just like it happens in photoshop. i have to move it separately to the desired location.

[NewYorkFruit]

If you are on Illustrator CS6, you can use the Paste in Place command (under Edit menu) - shortcut is Cmd-Shift-V on Mac (Ctrl-Shift-V on Win).

[dzgnr89]

I'm on cs5, what should i do?

[Jacob Bugge]

arjun,

Are you saying that it gets moved when you use Ctrl/Cmd+F (to place it at the front in the current layer)?

[dzgnr89]

I don't use ctrl+f. i use ctrl+x to cut it from current layer and then choose another layer [using layers pallette] and then paste it in it using ctrl+v

[NewYorkFruit]

Paste in Place is available in CS5 too, so try using it. Don't use Ctrl-V - it will paste in the center of your view.

[Jacob Bugge · Accepted solution]

arjun,

As CupertinoFruit says.

I use Ctrl/Cmd+F or Ctrl/Cmd+B to paste into the same position, front or back, hence my suggestion which applies to all versions.

[dzgnr89]

wow!! such a useful shortcut ! thanks, wish it could be ctrl v by default

[Jacob Bugge]

You are welcome, arjun.

As CupertinoFruit said, you can use Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V in the latest versions. I guess it corresponds to Ctrl/Cmd+F.

[CarlosCanto]

arjun2 wrote:

wish it could be ctrl v by default

you can change to ctrl+v if you want, go to Edit->Keyboard Shortcuts..., in the drop down choose "Menu Commands", expand the "Edit" menu, select "Paste in Front" and edit the shortcut to Ctrl-V.

it will tell you it belongs to Paste, click ok to overwrite.

[dzgnr89]

owkay!

[yvonnalynn]

oh lawdy!! thank you so much for this. It has driven me crazy for years... like WHO wants the thing they just copied to be pasted in the middle of a huge image? THANKS a BAJILLION!

[khafifi]

to pasting to exact location in windows use: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+v

[Colin Holgate]

You should only need ctrl-shift-v to do Paste in Place. With Alt it becomes Paste on All Artboards.