Duplicate Layers – can I prevent it from adding COPY to the end of it.

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nevin_reid
May 5, 2004
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This is more of an annoyance than anything. I’m using PS7 and I’m creating a bunch of legends for maps that have different colored boxes to denote areas. I drag the layer "Polygon" to the New Layer tab to create a duplicate but it labels it "Polygon copy". After doing this about 100 times today I just want it to say "Polygon"- every layer is a polygon -I don’t want to have to rename it every time.

I know the answer is probably, ‘No, that’s how it’s designed and you can’t switch it off’, but I just thought that I would ask. I’ve been using PS for about three years now and it seems like I learn something new everyday, so here’s hoping.

Thanks.
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Mathias_Vejerslev
May 5, 2004
If you hold Alt while dragging to new layer, you have the option to rename it instantly (like removing the copy part of the name). A small help, in your situation. You could make an Action that does this, and run the action every time you want to dupe the layer.
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nevin_reid
May 5, 2004
Thanks for the tip — again, I learned something new. The Action idea looks like the most promising.

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