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EVE PASTE — VMS 5.4

 PASTE

 Pastes the range or box you last cut or copied (same as INSERT HERE).

 Steps:

    1.  Put the cursor where you want to paste the text.

    2.  Use PASTE.

 Usage notes:

 o  By default, PASTE inserts the text as a linear range, pushing existing
    text to the right and down.

 o  SET BOX SELECT makes PASTE the same as BOX PASTE, usually overwriting
    existing text.  If you used SET BOX NOPAD, pasting a box into an
    insert-mode buffer pushes existing text to the right of the box---
    useful to add columns in the middle of a table.

 o  Depending on your setting, the text is copied from EVE's Insert Here
    buffer or the DECwindows clipboard.  Default is SET NOCLIPBOARD, which
    uses the Insert Here buffer.

 o  To view the Insert Here buffer---for example, to check what you last
    copied or cut---use the command BUFFER INSERT HERE.

 o  PASTE does not automatically rewrap text.  Depending on where and how
    much text you paste, your text may go past the right margin or even out
    of view.  To reformat your text, use FILL.

 Related topics:

    Ranges And Boxes   BOX PASTE      COPY              CUT
    INSERT HERE        SET BOX PAD    SET BOX SELECT    SET CLIPBOARD

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