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[Brian <lotharyx@xxxxxxxxx>]

An aside...

On 11/22/19 3:14 PM, Andy Peters wrote:
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> Now select that sub-sheet symbol by left-clicking/holding and drawing 
> a rectangle around it. Right-click and choose “duplicate block.” Now 
> you have a new instance of that same sub-sheet.
As a user, I would not expect "Duplicate" to mean "Create a shallow 
copy."  I would expect the duplicated block to be completely independent 
of the original block.  If that is actually the behavior (a shallow 
copy, i.e. a new reference to the same block), "Duplicate" is a 
misleading term.

How, then, would I take a sub-sheet and create a deep copy, in the case 
that my intent was to modify the copy in some way without affecting the 
original?

Thanks for engaging on my rabbit-trail!

-B