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            <p class="para_item">Customize an object dialog as you normally would using the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/cust_intro.html');return(false);">Customize Dialog</a> dialog.
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            <p class="para_item">Once you have customized the first object dialog, use the Update Customization dialog to transfer the dialog customization from one object to another by using the following steps: </p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the Operation Navigator, MB3 on the object you want to customize next.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the menu that displays select Object&rarr;Customize from. The system displays the Update Customization dialog with your selected object highlighted in the Work Part Objects window. </p>
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      <p class="para_division">The dialog you customized now becomes your desired object.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select your desired object from the Copy Customization from window. This is the object you want your dialog in the Work Part Objects window to match. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">With the two desired objects selected, your dialog in the Work Part Objects window and your desired object in the Copy Customization from window, select Update.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select Preview Dialog to make sure the dialog has the desired look.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click OK. </p>
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      <p class="para_division">The dialog you customized now becomes your desired object. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the Copy Customization from drop down menu so that all the part files are displayed. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the part file in which the desired object resides.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">If the part file is not listed in the drop down menu, select Browse from the drop down menu and retrieve the part file from its stored location. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Once you have selected the desired part file, select the desired object in the Copy Customization from window. This is the object you want your dialog in the Work Part Objects window to match. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">With the two desired objects selected, your dialog in the Work Part Objects window and your desired object in the Copy Customization from window, select Update.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select Preview Dialog to make sure the dialog has the desired look.</p>
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