ChemDraw User's Manual - CambridgeSoft

.2. Double-click the atom.The hand pointer with a plus sign indicates thatyou are in the duplication mode of a selectiontool.isobutenew/textbox100%3. Type an uppercase O in the text box thatappears.4. Drag the Selection Rectangle to the right.4. Close the text box by doing one of thefollowing:• Click in an empty area of the window.• Click another tool.Next, you duplicate a structure and then createanother structure from the duplicate.Duplicate the structure:1. Click the Lasso tool .The last structure drawn is automaticallyselected.2. Point over the Selection Rectangle.A copy of the structure appears as you begindrag. The original structure remains in itsposition. Release the mouse button when thecopy is clear of the original.NOTE: When you create a copy as shown above you candrag it anywhere in the document window. If you want thecopy to remain aligned with the original, hold Shift whiledragging.Modify the duplicated structure:1. Click the Solid Bond tool .2. Point, in the copied structure, to the atomshown below and click.O3. Press and hold Ctrl or Option.ChemDraw 9 Tutorials • 33Tutorial 1: Reaction Schemes