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good for years to come.  (Take Windows 7 as an         Several years ago, I purchased a license for the ex-
         example.  Those who did not want to upgrade to         cellent clipboard extender Clipmate by Thornsoft
         Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 did not have to.  They could      (http://thornsoft.com/). Clipmate has many features
         continue to use Win 7 until the MS end-of-life cutoff.    including saved clipboard contents, editing of the
         No new learning curve, no loss of features they like,   clipboard contents, and the ability to create folders
         no incompatibility issues with other software, and so   for different clipboard content. But it isn’t free, cost-
         on.)                                                   ing $35.00. However, there are times where I just
                                                                need to do a few quick copy/paste inserts. On those
         While the twice-a-year major updates to Win 10         occasions I will not launch Clipmate, just use the
         have not been the equivalent of a new OS, they         Windows clipboard.
         have required constant re-learning of features and
         processes.   Has that been a positive for you, or a
         negative?  Please let me know how you feel about       Somewhere along the line, Microsoft has given the
         this, via email to president@lcace.com.  I’ll summa-   built-in clipboard a history lesson. The clipboard can
         rize your responses in a forthcoming newsletter.       now hold 25 items. That includes text, images, and
         Thanks!                                                content from browser pages. But the history func-
                                                                tionality is not turned on by default. You must opt to
         Enjoy the summer!                                      add this feature. To do that hold the Windows key
                                                                and tap your v key (a Windows hotkey combination).
         Phil                                                   A onetime pop up will open asking permission to
                                                                turn on the clipboard history. From then on when
                                                                you do a Windows key + v key a clipboard pop-up
         Windows Clipboard                                      window will open allowing you to select from con-
                                                                tents in the clipboard. Each saved item will be in its

         Secrets Revealed                                       own small window within the clipboard window. At
                                                                the right of each window, the ellipsis (three dots) will
                                                                allow you to delete a saved item, pin it which saves
         By Bob Woods                                           it even if you clear the clipboard or restart, and to
                                                                clear all.


         I am sure you have noted that while Microsoft even-
         tually gets around to including free functionality ac-  An article at https://techplugged.com/how-to-clear-
         cessories, the freebies often leave a bit to be de-    clipboard-on-windows-10/ describes multiple ways of
         sired. A shining example is the built-in clipboard. It’s   clearing the Windows clipboard.
         there to use, but until recently only gave you one
         shot and doesn’t save anything between reboots.
         When having to do multiple copy/paste routines,        I have found that just opening the clipboard pop up
         many of us have turned to freeware or shareware to     with Windows key + v key and selecting to clear all
         overcome the built-in clipboard limitations.           to be the easiest for me. However, if you only occa-
                                                                sionally use the clipboard, you might forget the hot-
                                                                key shortcut. Setting up one of the methods from the
                                                                Tech Plugged article might work better for you.











                                                                A further update to clipboard functionality is in test-
                                                                ing to be released in a future Windows update as
                                                                discussed in an Infopackets article at http://
                                                                www.infopackets.com/news/10797/windows-10-cut-
                                                                and-paste-get-overhaul .







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