Conceptually the clipboard is everywhere. The clipboard is a temporary storage area used to Cut, Copy, and Paste information. When you Cut or Copy information from a document it goes into this invisible area called the clipboard. You can then Paste the information into another document.
Access to the clipboard is not limited to Microsoft Office documents. The clipboard is a system-wide utility. For example, you can Copy a paragraph of text from a Netscape Navigator window and then Paste it into a word processing document.
The clipboard is not just limited to holding text. You can Copy a drawing into the clipboard and then Paste it as a Drawing object into a word processing document.
When you Copy an object, a copy of the object is placed in the clipboard. The original object remains in the document. When you Cut an object to the clip board, the original object disappears. One way to think of it is, when you cut an object, the object is moved to the clipboard.
As many as you want. There is no limit.
The clipboard contains the last item you cut or copied. The clipboard can hold one item. Each Cut or Copy replaces the contents of the clipboard. So, one way to know what is in the clipboard is to remember the last item you cut or copied.
If your memory is as good as mine, you have two other options. First, you can just Paste the contents in your document to see what was in the clipboard, and then immediately use the undo command to remove the object you pasted. The danger here is that you will mess up your document. The second option is to use the Clipboard Viewer. The Clipboard Viewer is a utility that comes with Windows 95. You will find it under the Programs/Accessories menu from the Start button.
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