How do I copy and paste something so that it appears in the same position on a different page?

[James3669094303ct]

How do I copy and paste something so that it appears in the same position on a different page?

[Steve Werner]

From the source page, choose File > Copy. On the destination page choose File > Paste in Place. If you have facing pages, it will be on the same side on the spread.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Can't check right now, but I'm pretty sure, that if you set (0,0) origin to Page - instead of Spread - then it will paste correctly on the right pages as well - and, just in case, shortcut on PC is Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V. 

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

"if you set (0,0) origin to Page - instead of Spread - then it will paste correctly on the right pages as well"

Just tried that. Sadly, it doesn't. It will still only paste on the side of the spread it was copied from.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Thanks for the confirmation. 

Looks like, internally, location info is kept in pasteboard coordinates. 

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

Illustrator works a bit differently. If you copy an object, but move the 0,0 point to another location, then do either of a Paste-in-Front or Paste-in-Back, it will paste it relative to the new 0,0 point, while Paste-n-Place will honour its original location no matter where the 0,0 is.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

... and Mac : Shift-Opt-Cmd+V