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Probably the easiest thing for you to do is to right click on the
layer and go to "save as". That will save/export your current layer
as a new one and allow the edits you want to make. All you would
need to do is add it to you qgis session. <br>
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Hope that helps, <br>
<br>
Randy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/13/2014 11:38 AM, Adrian Beasley
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<div dir="ltr">I am new to QGIS, still very much learning how to
use it.<br>
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What I wish to do is generate a number of similar vector layers,
to be able to generate slightly different maps from them. The
obvious way would seem to be to duplicate an existing layer,
renaming the new copy, and editing it. But this seems not
to produce a new, distinct layer, as making changes to either
the original or the new layer causes the same changes in both.<br>
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I can find no mention of this facility in the user guide nor in
the training documentation. Can anyone help?<br>
<br>
Thanks in anticipation.<br>
<br>
Adrian Beasley<br>
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