Copying and pasting annotations is handy for duplicating a note, recovering deleted ones after a Note Transfer, or moving notes across layers and pages.

Copy and paste can help with:

1. Duplicating an annotation (or consider making it a Saved Annotation);
2. Retrieving deleted annotations after a Note Transfer;
3. Moving annotations across layers and pages.

Start by touching or clicking the annotation you'd like to copy. From the pop-up menu, choose Copy; the pop-up then disappears:

Next, navigate to where you'd like to paste — a different page, or even a different Scriptation file. Touch or click, then hold anywhere on the screen and select Paste:

The annotation is pasted in, with additional options (which vary by annotation type):

• Cut — remove the annotation to place it elsewhere;
• Copy — copy the annotation to place it elsewhere;
• Select More… — add other annotations to this selection group;
• Edit — edit a pasted text annotation;
• Inspector — adjust the annotation's attributes;
• Save — save this annotation for later use;
• Layer — move or copy the annotation to a different layer;
• Note — attach a Note to this annotation;
• Tag — tag the annotation into a category;
• Trash — delete this annotation.

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Updated on: 30/05/2026