| iTool User's Guide: iTools Interface Reference |

## Edit Menu

The Edit menu contains tools for editing and deleting data within the tool, retracing your steps with the Undo/Redo commands, and displaying properties for selected objects. The Edit menu items are common to all standard iTools.

Table A-5: The Edit Menu

Table A-5: The Edit Menu
Menu Selection | Keyboard Accelerator | Function
--- | --- | ---
Undo | Ctrl+Z | Nullifies the previous operation and restores the iTool to its state before that operation. The name of the previous operation appears after Undo. Note - Operations such as open, save, export, export variable, print, exit, and window moving and resizing cannot be undone.
Redo | Ctrl+Y | Nullifies the previous Undo command and restores the iTool to its state before the Undo command was issued. Any action that can be undone can also be redone.
Cut | Ctrl+X | Deletes the selected item(s) and places a copy on the local clipboard.
Copy | Ctrl+C | Copies the selected item to the local clipboard. If a view is copied, then a bitmap copy of that view (not the entire Window) is also put on the System clipboard. Note - You may change the magnification (resolution) of the bitmap copy using the Edit Copy property sheet.
Paste | Ctrl+V | Pastes the current local clipboard contents into the selected view. If a view is pasted, it is added to the current Window layout and becomes the currently-selected view.
Paste Special |  | Pastes the current local clipboard contents into the selected view, and makes a reference to all contained data.
Delete | Del | Deletes the currently-selected item(s), without putting a copy on the local or system clipboards. Deletion can be reversed with Undo.
Select All |  | Selects all items in the current view.
Grouping |  | Select Group to add all selected objects to a group, Ungroup to remove them from the group.
Order |  | Change the display order of the selected object(s).Choose from these options: Bring to Front: Move selected object(s) to the top display level. Send to Back: Move selected object(s) to the bottom display level. Bring Forward: Move selected object(s) up one display level. Send Backward: Move selected object(s) down one display level.
Style |  | Selections related to iTool's styles. Apply Style: Applies current style to your iTool visualization. Create Style from Selection: Creates a new style from selected visualization items. Style Editor: Brings up the Style Editor dialog.
Parameters... |  | Displays the Parameter Editor. See Data Import Methods for details.
Properties... |  | Brings up the property sheet for the currently-selected item(s). If only the view is selected, the property sheet for the view layer is presented. Only one property sheet may be displayed at a time. If a different item or view is selected, the contents of the property sheet change to the properties of the new item or view. For grouped items, a single property sheet with the intersection of the properties is displayed. When the property values are not the same for the grouped items, those properties are set to undefined or default. Setting a property for a grouped item sets that property for all items in the group.

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