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LettersfromCornwall
LettersfromCornwall
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March 27, 2023
Question

Paste in place not working

  • March 27, 2023
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I usually use Control-Alt-Shift-V to paste a frame in the same place I cut it from. But lately it is not workigin one scenario in InDesign.

The scenario is when I have an extra empty frame behind the frame that has my image (left there by a previous incompetent typsetter)

  1. I hit control-X to remove the frame with image.
  2. Then I hit delete to discard the empty frame
  3. Then I hit control-alt-shift-v to paste the frame in place.
  4. And then it doesn't work. It still sends the frame (with its image) to another part of the document, so I have to reposition it back to its original X and Y positions.

 

Does anyone know why this shortcut to paste-in-place is not working consistently?

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Harshika Verma
Community Manager
Harshika VermaCommunity Manager
Community Manager
March 27, 2023

Hi @LettersfromCornwall,

 

Thank you for reaching out. I am unable to reproduce the issue on a windows machine on the latest version of InDesign. Could you please share a screen recording showing the behavior, which will help us investigate faster? Please share the version of InDesign and the details of your operating system.

 

We will try our best to help.

 

Thanks,

Harshika

 

 

LettersfromCornwall
LettersfromCornwallAuthor
Known Participant
March 27, 2023

Thank you so much.  Here is the recording:

https://watch.screencastify.com/v/nbDyp5RbjJmVbNPJOUgu

 

I used the menu as much as I could so you could see what I was doing.  The last thing I did was Control-Alt-Shift-V.

 

LettersfromCornwall
LettersfromCornwallAuthor
Known Participant
March 27, 2023

Oh, I just saw the recording doesn't show what I did in the edit menu. Strange. Anyway what I did was:

1. Select the frame with the image.

2. Cut

3. Select the extra frame underneath

4. Delete

5. Control-Shift-Alt-V to try to put the frame-with-image back where it was.

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