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Copying and pasting content in the rule editor

You can copy content from a rule to the system clipboard, or paste content written outside the rule editor into the editor window.

Procedure

To cut or paste content in the rule editor, complete the following steps:

1. You can copy the contents of an individual rule to the system clipboard.

   1. Click to place the edit cursor inside the rule that contains the rule content you want to copy.
   2. Highlight the content you want to copy. To select the entire content of the rule, press Ctrl+A.

   3. Copy the content to the clipboard using a keyboard shortcut, or the product menu, or the right-click menu, as described in the following steps:
      1. Press the copy keyboard shortcut for your system.

         For example, on a Microsoft Windows system, the copy function shortcut is Ctrl+C.

      2. From the main product menu, click Edit > Copy.
      3. Right-click in the rule editor window and select Copy from the menu.

2. To paste content from the system clipboard into a rule, complete these steps.
   1. Verify that the content you want to paste into the rule has been copied into your system clipboard.

   2. Click to place the edit cursor inside the rule in the location where you want the pasted content to appear.
   3. Paste the content to the rule editor window using a keyboard shortcut, or the product menu, or the right-click menu, as described in the following steps:
      1. Press the paste keyboard shortcut for your system.

         For example, on a Microsoft Windows system, the paste function shortcut is Ctrl+V.

      2. From the main product menu, click Edit > Paste.
      3. Right-click in the rule editor window and select Paste from the menu.

Adding a BAL Rule component to a service