EDIT MENU 

Undo 

Button: 

Shortcut: Ctrl+Z 

With the Undo command you can undo the last edit operation in the spreadsheet or notes editor window. 

Cut 

Button: 

Shortcut: Ctrl+X 

With this command you can remove the selection from the window and place it on the clipboard. The 

selection can be a text, a text in a cell, a cell or a range of cells.  

The clipboard is a temporary area in memory for data that you cut or copy.  From the clipboard, you can 

paste the cut or copied data to another location or to another document. 

To completely remove a row or column in the spreadsheet, and shift other rows and columns to fill the 

space, use the Remove command in the Edit menu (p. 31). 

Copy 

Button: 

Shortcut: Ctrl+C 

With this command you can copy the selection from the window and place it on the clipboard. The 

selection can then be pasted at a new location. In the spreadsheet window, the selection can be a text, a 

text in a cell, a cell or a range of cells.  

Spreadsheet data can be transferred to other programs by selecting the range of cells you want to copy, 

followed by selecting the Copy command.  Next activate the other program and select Paste in the Edit 

menu. 

You can also copy the MedCalc graphs to the clipboard.  Next you can open a drawing or presentation 

program (PowerPoint) and paste the graph into it.  By default, the graph is copied onto the clipboard with a 

height/width ratio of 2/3.  If you want to use the height/width ratio of the graph window, you must select the 

option  Use window aspect ratio  in the Options box (see p. 42). 

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