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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
Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 did not have to. They could
continue to use Win 7 until the MS end-of-life cutoff.
No new learning curve, no loss of features they like,
no incompatibility issues with other software, and so
on.)
While the twice-a-year major updates to Win 10
have not been the equivalent of a new OS, they
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
this, via email to president@lcace.com. I’ll summa-
rize your responses in a forthcoming newsletter.
Thanks!
Enjoy the summer!
Phil
Windows Clipboard
Secrets Revealed
By Bob Woods
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-
sired. A shining example is the built-in clipboard. It’s
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,
many of us have turned to freeware or shareware to
overcome the built-in clipboard limitations.
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cellent clipboard extender Clipmate by Thornsoft
(http://thornsoft.com/). Clipmate has many features
including saved clipboard contents, editing of the
clipboard contents, and the ability to create folders
for different clipboard content. But it isn’t free, cost-
ing $35.00. However, there are times where I just
need to do a few quick copy/paste inserts. On those
occasions I will not launch Clipmate, just use the
Windows clipboard.
Somewhere along the line, Microsoft has given the
built-in clipboard a history lesson. The clipboard can
now hold 25 items. That includes text, images, and
content from browser pages. But the history func-
tionality is not turned on by default. You must opt to
add this feature. To do that hold the Windows key
and tap your v key (a Windows hotkey combination).
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
window will open allowing you to select from con-
tents in the clipboard. Each saved item will be in its
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
it even if you clear the clipboard or restart, and to
clear all.
clipboard-on-windows-10/ describes multiple ways of
clearing the Windows clipboard.
I have found that just opening the clipboard pop up
with Windows key + v key and selecting to clear all
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 .