Mass Frontier supports extensive use of the Windows Clipboard for the exchange of structural information between modules. In addition, copy and paste functions may be used inside Structure editor. To draw larger structures efficiently, we recommended taking advantage of the copy and paste functions.

To copy a structure or part of a structure into the Clipboard:

1. Select the structure or part of structure you want to copy.
2. Click the Copy  button in the Structure Editor or choose Copy from the Edit menu.

Note: Only the selected atoms and their associated bonds will be copied!

In addition to structure exchange between modules, Mass Frontier allows structure export to other programs that deal with structural information. When you copy a structure, Mass Frontier automatically copies two different formats into clipboard: structural information in MOL format and graphics in Windows Metafile Format (wmf). If you paste a structure into the structure editing software the MOL format will be used. If you paste the structure into any text editor, spreadsheet or any other program that works with graphics, the graphical information will be used. All these actions occur automatically so the user need not worry which format is used.

Structure Exchange via Copy & Paste commands.