Copy and paste text and images

In Prezi, we use copying a lot because this is often the easiest and fastest way to create a copy that has the exact same size and settings as the original. We use it to copy all kinds of material such as text, images, videos, links, and frames.

Because Prezi is so flexible with size and angling of items, it can be hard or time-consuming to try and recreate a second item with the exact same settings as the original. On many occasions, it is often a good idea to copy and adjust an item instead of building it from scratch.

Prezi offers two methods of copying: duplicating, and copy and paste. They are both very easy and straightforward. Both methods can be used whether you want to copy just a single item or many items at a time. (You may want to read Chapter 4, Editing Elements on the Canvas, to learn about selecting multiple items.)

What is especially cool is that you can even use the copy and paste method to copy material from one prezi to another in your account.

Getting ready

Duplicating is a quick way to reuse material that you have in your prezi. It will help you save time by helping you avoid recreating or reimporting material that you already have in a prezi.

Open a prezi that has some kind of content on the canvas. We used an image file but any item will work.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to duplicate an item:

  1. Click on the item that you wish to duplicate, to select it.
  2. Use the command Ctrl + D to create a duplicate item.

Perform the following steps to copy and paste an item:

  1. Click on the item that you wish to copy, to select it.
  2. Use Ctrl + C to copy the item to your clipboard.
  3. Use Ctrl + V to insert the item on the Prezi canvas.

There's more…

The copy and paste method can also be used to copy items from one of your prezis to another. The feature will not work across different prezi accounts, but you can copy from one prezi to another that you have in one specific account.

The copy and paste method can even be used to copy text from a word processing program into Prezi. In these cases, any formatting does not get transferred, but you will get the full (unformatted) text inserted onto your canvas.

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