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The Copy Entity button works identically to the Rename Entities button accept that it adopts a copy of the entity. This results in two entities; one belonging to the original parent feature and one belonging to the new parent feature.
To copy entities
1) Specify a Current Layer and Current Feature on the edit tool bar. This should be the feature that the copy of the existing entity will belong to. If necessary first use the New Ftr button to create this feature.
2) Click the  button on the Editing Toolbar (or Ctrl-Shift-P).
3) Point the copy arrow at any line, symbol, area, label, image, or other entity and click the left mouse button.
4) Continue to select other entities the same way or click the right mouse button (or Esc key) when finished.
5) Answer Yes to the confirmation message.
Quick Reference:
Left Click Select single entity
Ctrl+Left Click Select individual segment only
Window Hold down left mouse to draw window selection
Ctrl Window Display Filter Selection window
Right Click Finished selecting
Middle Click Update current feature.
F Fence selection mode (draw freehand selection boundary)
S Highlight vertexes
Ctrl-S Highlight vertexes and keep them on
Ctrl-Z Unselect previous selection
Drawing a window selection:
To select multiple entities at once, draw a selection window. To do this replace step 3 above with the following:
a) Imagine a rectangle on the screen that contains all the entities to be selected.
b) Move the copy cursor to one corner of this rectangle.
c) Press and hold down the left mouse button.
d) While holding down the button move the cursor to the opposite corner of the rectangle and release the left mouse button.
For additional selection options hold down the Ctrl key while drawing the selection window. This causes the Filter Selection window to display.
Notes:
•Do not confuse this with a typical copy/paste style functionality. Using this terminology this tool would be more like a copy+paste button all in one step.
•Only entities on layers that are, visible, locked, and selectable may be selected.
•Label entities are simply place holders for Feature text. So by copying a label with this tool the duplicate label will change to show the text of the new feature but keep the same insertion point, size, and angle.
•As an alternative to step 1 above users may specify the current feature by selecting it on the map (if the feature is already on the map). To do this go directly to step 2 and then before selecting any entities position the cursor over any existing entity already belonging to the new feature and click the middle mouse button. This updates the Current Feature. Then proceed to step 3.
•Tool use instructions will also appear in the footer of the Think GIS window in the Instructional Bar.
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