# Copy elements in a project to another

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**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [September 21, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-elements-in-a-project-to-another/242342 "2023-09-21T09:47:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-elements-in-a-project-to-another/242342/3 "2023-09-21T10:08:14Z")

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If you are using 2023 windows version this will help you:

> [@2023 Trays Freezing](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/2023-trays-freezing/240772/10):
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> If you have two versions of SketchUp open, or two instances of 2023.1, pasting into the second instance may not work at first. To work around that, do a Copy of anything in the second instance. That seems to wake up the clipboard, and you can now copy and paste from the first instance into the second instance. After having done one Copy action, copy and paste should work until you next restart SketchUp. I added this note, to say that the 2023.1.3 update fixed the problem with copy and paste.

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