The Office Clipboard

Version X,10/02

Most programs use a place in the computer's memory called the clipboard to store copied or cut items. When a new item is moved to the clipboard, the previous one is lost. The Office clipboard allows users to store up to 60 items (16 MB) to be pasted as desired. To see it, go to the View menu and select Office Clipboard. As long as the Office Clipboard is open, any time you cut or copy items they are automatically stored in this area. The Office clipboard can be used to paste information to and from any Office application (Word, Power Point, Excel).

To copy an item to the Office Clipboard, select it and go to the Edit menu and select copy.

To paste an item from the Office Clipboard:

• click to place the insertion point where you want the item to go
• click to select the desired item in the clipboard
• click the Paste button in the bottom left hand corner of the Office Clipboard
• you may also drag and drop to and from the clipboard
• you can paste several items at once by selecting each one first while holding down the shift key, and either clicking paste or dragging and dropping
• to remove an item from the clipboard, select it and hit the Clear button at the bottom of the clipboard window
• to clear the entire clipboard, click and drag the small triangle at the bottom of the window to clear all