ChemDraw User's Manual - CambridgeSoft

A clipping file or a scrap file is created on yourdesktop.To view the information within a clipping file or ascrap file:• Double-click the file’s icon.A window appears showing the ChemDrawdrawing. Click the close box to close the clippingfile’s window.To use the contents of a clipping or scrap file in adocument:• Drag the clipping or scrap file into an openwindow of an application that supports thedrag-and-drop feature.The contents of the clipping or scrap file arecopied to the open window. The clipping orscrap file is unchanged.Transferring BetweenChemDraw DocumentsWhether you use the clipboard or drag-and-drop,when you move objects into another ChemDrawdocument they will behave in a well-defined way. Inparticular, you should be aware of the behavior of:• Autoscaling• Bonds• Atom Labels• Captions• Non-bond Objects and Color• Pasting to an Empty Document WindowAutoscalingWhen you transfer ChemDraw objects using theClipboard or drag and drop from one ChemDrawdocument (the source document) to another Chem-Draw document (the destination document), theobjects are automatically scaled to match the documentsettings of the destination document. Automaticscaling assures that the objects beingtransferred match the settings of the current document.BondsAll bonds drawn in the source document using thevalues specified in the Drawing Settings dialog boxcan be changed to use the Drawing Settings in thedestination document.Any resized bond in the source document is scaledin the destination document. The scale factor isbased on the ratio of the bond’s length after resizing(source) to the Fixed Length in the DrawingSettings dialog box (source). This scaling processmaintains the source document proportions in thedestination document. All values in the DrawingSettings dialog box are scaled using this method.For example, the Fixed Length is set to 1.0 cm in asource document. A benzene ring is resized in to200%. The bond length is then 2.0 cm: a ratio of 2.0cm:1.0 cm or a scale factor of 2. In the destinationdocument, the Fixed Length set to 1.7 cm. Whenthe benzene ring is pasted into the destinationdocument, the bonds are scaled by a factor of 2 toa final bond length of 3.4 cm.Atom LabelsAtom labels are scaled the same way as bonds.For example, in the source document, the atomlabel font size is set to 16 points. One or two atomlabels in the source document are resized to 8points, a ratio of 8:16 or a scale factor of 0.5. Thedestination document has an atom label font size isset to 14 points. When the atom label is pasted intothe destination document, the font size is scaled bya factor of 0.5 to give a final atom label font size of7 points.ChemDraw 9 Sharing Information • 193Transferring Between ChemDraw Documents