Tim Hutcheson wrote:
>
> Hi, Abdul and others who posted. You know, it is a shame that some things
> work so strange at times. For example, in this case I had actually
> attempted the very steps that you recommend whilst reading the manual. But,
> alas, the copy/paste operation produced nothing in my new component! Not
> sure why but I tried several times before posting the question because I
> didn't want to define the darn thing completely from scratch. It all seemed
> straight forward but wasn't. And I'm sure if I try to do it now, which I
> will, it will all work as expected.
Protel's Copy function has an extra step that you don't get in text
editors - after you select the area and do "Edit/Copy", you have to
click on the area to be copies to define a reference point - _then_ the
items are copied to the clipboard, and when you paste them into the new
position, that point you clicked on is attached to the cursor.
>
> BTW I do get confused in the library editor because it never displays the
> name of the part while you are working on it and sometimes flipping around
> several versions can find you modifying the wrong thing. But I'll learn, I
> just don't get to work with the software on a full-time basis and picking it
> up after a few months absence is an eye opener.
First thing you do after "Tools/New Component", is "Tools/Rename
Component".
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