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Ben--

Here's what you do:

1. Group the objects before you copy them.

2. Get the X and Y coordinates of the upper left corner of the group (using visual bounds).

3. When you paste the group into the target document, move the objects--using the stored X, Y as the move destination. Ungroup, if necessary.

This is not really part of why I hate copy and paste. I hate copy/paste because you have to select things, and selection is a fragile and silly way to work with objects. It's also that I know the Clipboard code for both the Mac OS and Windows, having written a bunch of plug-ins that have to use it. The external clipboard in both OSs is buggy as hell, and can introduce corrupt data. If you're lucky, your copy/paste stays on InDesign's internal clipboard--but I hate depending on luck.<g>

I also hate copy/paste because things can change from one document to another, depending on default formatting, colors, style definitions, and so on.

Thanks,

Ole