Home Tab Commands

The ribbon Home tab contains the following commands:

Paste

Insert clipboard contents into the document

Paste Special

Insert clipboard contents into the plot document or worksheet with formatting options

Cut

Cut the selected object to the clipboard

Copy

Copy the selected object to the clipboard

Duplicate

Duplicate the selected object

Copy Format

Copy the selected object's format to the clipboard

Paste Format

Paste the previously copied format to the selected object

Move/Copy

Move or copy the selected object to another base (vector) layer or the plot document

Undo

Undo the last action

Redo

Redo the previously undone action

Previous View

Reverses the last operation that changed the view in the plot window

Fit to Window

Zooms to show all of the objects on screen

Select

Changes the cursor to the select tool

Select All

Select all objects in the document

Deselect All

Deselect all selected objects

Block Select

Select objects within a rectangle

Invert

Reverse the selection

Rename

Change the name of the selected object

Transform

Moves, scales, rotates objects, or clears transforms

Delete

Delete the selected objects

Grid Data

Create a grid from irregularly spaced XYZ data

Map Wizard

Creates a map with one or more layers from a boundary, data, or grid file

Base

Create a new base map from a boundary file, data file, or server or create a new empty base map

Contour

Create a new contour map

Post

Create a new post map or classed post map

3D Surface

Create a new surface or wireframe

Color Relief

Create a new color relief map

Speciality

Create a new grid values, watershed, 1-grid vector, 2-grid vector, point cloud or peaks and depressions map

Layer

Add a base, base from server, base from data, empty base, contour, post, classed post, surface, wireframe, color relief, grid values, watershed, viewshed, 1-grid vector, 2-grid vector, or point cloud layer to the selected map frame

Graphic

Imports a foreign file format such as an image or vector graphics

Text

Creates a text block

Point

Creates a point

Polyline

Create a polyline

Polygon

Creates a polygon

Spline Polyline

Creates a spline polyline

Range Ring

Creates a range ring

Ellipse

Creates an ellipse or circle

Rectangle

Creates a rectangle or square

Rounded Rectangle

Creates a rectangle with rounded corners

Help

Open the help file

Knowledge Base

Open the Knowledge Base in the default browser

Tutorial

Open the Tutorial in the help file

Send Feedback

Send feedback via email to the Surfer support team

See Also

Menu and Tab Commands