--- title: Edit a Drawing description: How to open and edit an existing play drawing using the ribbon bar tools. --- [Skip to content](https://help.proquickdraw.com/helpcenter/edit-drawing#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [![Pro Quick Draw Logo\_Black](https://help.proquickdraw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pro%20Quick%20Draw%20Logo_Black.png?width=400&height=48&name=Pro%20Quick%20Draw%20Logo_Black.png)](https://www.proquickdraw.com?hsLang=en) - [Homepage](http://www.proquickdraw.com/) - [Customer Dashboard](https://dashboard.pqdcloud.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Homepage](http://www.proquickdraw.com/) - [Customer Dashboard](https://dashboard.pqdcloud.com/) - English Show submenu for translations - [Contact Support](http://www.proquickdraw.com/contact-support) [Contact Support](http://www.proquickdraw.com/contact-support?hsLang=en) How Can We Help? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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Once a drawing is added to a template, single click on the drawing ![](https://help.proquickdraw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-31-2025-05-50-01-7307-PM.png?width=405&height=224&name=image-png-Oct-31-2025-05-50-01-7307-PM.png) Click the **Edit** button on the Pro Quick Draw ribbon bar ![](https://help.proquickdraw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-31-2025-05-50-33-9203-PM.png?width=410&height=102&name=image-png-Oct-31-2025-05-50-33-9203-PM.png) A new PowerPoint window will open with your drawing, make the necessary changes and **save** your file ![](https://help.proquickdraw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-31-2025-05-51-13-5226-PM.png?width=410&height=229&name=image-png-Oct-31-2025-05-51-13-5226-PM.png) Click the **X** in the upper right hand corner to close the window ![](https://help.proquickdraw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-31-2025-05-52-06-5055-PM.png?width=422&height=215&name=image-png-Oct-31-2025-05-52-06-5055-PM.png) You have now successfully edited your drawing ### Edit a Drawing from PQD Playbook If you are in your PQD Playbook you can right click on the file and choose **Edit**.  By selecting Edit a new PowerPoint window will open and you can make your changes to that drawing. Click save and exit that new window.  If that drawing is in any slides in your current presentation or any other presentations, it will not update with the changes until you refresh that drawing in those presentations ![](https://help.proquickdraw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-06-2026-02-41-26-7200-PM.png?width=289&height=334&name=image-png-Mar-06-2026-02-41-26-7200-PM.png) Now if you right click on a file and hover over Edit, you will see an **Edit and Add** selection - by selecting Edit and Add, you will see a new window appear where you can make your edits.  However this time when you save and exit that window it will automatically add that drawing to a new slide or box within your template **Edit** and **Edit Add** are both available with a right click on the file or using the button below by single clicking on the file you want to edit first ![](https://help.proquickdraw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-06-2026-02-44-53-7189-PM.png?width=441&height=316&name=image-png-Mar-06-2026-02-44-53-7189-PM.png) Now there is **Copy Edit** and **Copy Edit Add** Using the **Copy Edit** button you will see a save file as box appear where you are taking the item you selected and making a copy of it with a new name and making your changes - give it a new name and click Save ![](https://help.proquickdraw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-06-2026-02-47-09-5029-PM.png?width=670&height=382&name=image-png-Mar-06-2026-02-47-09-5029-PM.png) Once you click that newly copied and renamed play will open in a new PowerPoint window for you to make your edits, save that new file and exit the new window.  You will then see that new play in your playbook window ![](https://help.proquickdraw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-06-2026-02-48-54-1705-PM.png?width=407&height=206&name=image-png-Mar-06-2026-02-48-54-1705-PM.png) **Copy Edit Add** is exactly the same start, but this time once you save and exit that new PowerPoint window where you edited the copied file, it will place that new drawing in a new slide or box in a template Again, similarly to Edit and Edit Add, Copy Edit and Copy Edit Add, are available by right clicking on a specific file or by using the button on the toolbar below the files ### What is next? 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