[GIS] Copy and paste of dataframe in ArcMap table of contents

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I am new to ArcGis and I am currently taking a course. In one of the exercises Im supposed to copy a dataframe from the table of contents in ArcMap ( in data view) back into the table of contents so there are two copies. I am supposed to right click on the data frame name, select copy. Then go to the edit menu and select paste. Every time I have done this nothing happens. I tried on another person's ArcMap and it worked. I tried checking off the 'spatial analysis' box in the customize–> extensions menu but that did nothing. Any ideas?

Best Answer

Unfortunately, you've run into BUG-000088466, in which you can't copy and paste a data frame in ArcGIS 10.3.1. The suggested workaround is what @KFP said: copy and paste your layers into a new data frame. That won't copy any properties you may have set on the original data frame, so you'll have to set those manually.

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