Ahhh that's just perfect, thank you (this forum is outstanding!)

And Ditto -you're right of course, though the copy is usually followed by either a Transform, rotate or scale. Fairly often I make a duplicate just to lock down the original before uncertain edits too. So in this case Duplicate is perfect for my needs (not everybodys, and i absolutely respect Micheals UI strategy -it really does encourage experimentation and Eureka moments rather than 18x the amount of button clutter).

Religiously naming objects is usually something I do as almost second nature when on my workstation, but its not as easy on the tablet when mobile. for the record however- Moi on a tablet while commuting is actually a dream to use and a sanity saver!