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= Edit > Copy =

[[JOSMImage(copy,link=,48,middle,margin-right=20)]] ''Keyboard shortcut'': **`Ctrl+C`**

**Copy the currently selected [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object objects] into the clipboard,** \\
replacing any previous content.

Depending where and how the content of the buffer is pasted you get different results:
* JOSM mapview: a copy of the objects as new objects is added to the layer
* Other dialogs and programs: the objects' types together with the objects' ids is pasted

 
== See also ==
 * [[JOSMImage(paste,link=,24,middle)]] [wikitr:/Help/Action/Paste Paste]
 * [[JOSMImage(pastetags)]] [wikitr:/Help/Action/PasteTags Paste Tags]
 * [[JOSMImage(duplicate)]] [wikitr:/Help/Action/Duplicate Duplicate]
 * [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object Objects]

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