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Edit menu

The Edit menu is a drop-down menu at the top of the screen, and contains the following commands:

Edit menu commands
Command Description
Undo Layout Change Undoes the latest layout change, including moving, sizing and removing of sheet objects as well as changes to sheet object properties. Removing sheets, editing the sheet properties or document properties can also be undone. This command can also be invoked by the following keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Z.
Redo Layout Change Redoes the latest undone layout action. This command can also be invoked by the following keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Y.
Cut Moves the selected sheet object(s) to Clipboard for pasting elsewhere in the QlikView document. If only one sheet object is active a bitmap image of the object, which can be pasted into other programs, will also be put into Clipboard. This command can also be invoked by the following keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+X.
Copy Copies the selected sheet object(s) to Clipboard for pasting elsewhere in the QlikView document. If only one sheet object is active a bitmap image of the object, which can be pasted into other programs, will also be put into Clipboard. This command can also be invoked by the following keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+C.
Paste Pastes one or several sheet objects from Clipboard back to the QlikView document. This command can also be invoked by the following keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+V.
Format Painter Makes it possible to copy formatting from one sheet object to another.
Remove Deletes the selected sheet object(s). The user will be asked to confirm this command before deleting.
Activate All Makes every sheet object on the sheet active. Another way of obtaining a similar result is to click and drag a rectangle around those sheet objects that should be activated, or to Shift-click them. This command can also be invoked by the following keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+A.
Search Opens the Text search box, provided that a searchable sheet object (list box or opened multi box) is active. This command can also be invoked by the following keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+F.
Fuzzy Search Opens the Text search box in Fuzzy search, provided that a searchable sheet object is active.
Advanced Search Opens the Advanced Search dialog, provided that a list box or opened multi box is active. The dialog makes it possible to enter advanced search expressions. This command can also be invoked by the following keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+F.
Copy mode Switches from logic mode to copy mode. Values clicked while in copy mode are copied to Clipboard without changing the logical state of the QlikView run. When copy mode is chosen, the Clipboard Copy List dialog opens. In this dialog the copied fields are shown. The format of the copy list can also be set here.

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