6.8 Pasting Sizes

One way to quickly assign a specific size to an object without using any dialogs is by pasting that size on it. For this, you must first copy () an object whose size you want to assign to other objects. After that, use the commands from the Paste Size submenu in the Edit menu.

The six commands of this submenu implement various combinations of pasting.

• Pasting either width only (height is unchanged), height only (width is unchanged), or size (both width and height).

• Pasting to the selection as a whole or pasting to each selected object separately (analogous to the Apply to each object separately checkbox in the Transform dialog).

For example, if you have imported a number of bitmap images and you want to create a gallery of thumbnails out of them, you can unify their sizes by drawing a rectangle of the desired thumbnail size, copying it to the clipboard, then selecting all the images and choosing Edit ▸ Paste Size ▸ Paste Size Separately.