Copying Topics

You can copy a topic and paste it into another part of the topic tree (see Topics: Lower, Above, Below), into the Relationships screen (see Create Relationship) or into the Description screen (see Hyperlinks). 

When you copy a topic, its description, relationships and subtopics are also copied. 

1. Select the topic you want to copy in the Topics screen or Subtopics screen. 
2. Choose Copy. 
3. Select the topic where you want to paste the copied topic.  
4. Choose Paste and then Lower, Above or Below to place the topic in the correct position. 

Note:

• In the Subtopics screen you can select several topics at once by holding CTRL key or SHIFT key while clicking the topics with your mouse.

• Pay close attention to which relationships are copied; 

1. 1. If you copy a branch from a purple filing cabinet (imported versions), any relationships that exist in the imported version remain linked to the respective topics in the imported version and not to the original topics. 
   2. If you copy a branch into the same filing cabinet then all relationships will be copied and exist between both the copy and the original topics. 
   3. Copying multiple topics, at the same time or one by one, will result in all relationships also being copied. This means that the relationships to the original topics will remain.

• Be aware of the status of fields. See Move Topics with Fields.