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In news:F429BE0A-1756-4754-A11E-C5D237F18CB3@microsoft.com,
rich9791 <gingerjohn@blueyonder.co.uk> typed:
> thanks ken ,but i still dont know what purpous the clipboard
> serves
It's basically the holding area for items you cut and paste. When
you cut something (or copy it), it has to be saved someplace so
you can later paste it where you want it. That "somewhere" is
the clipboard.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In news:AC8E4389-8EAD-41C6-B165-32B1B7EF02DD@microsoft.com,
>> rich9791 <gingerjohn@blueyonder.co.uk> typed:
>>
>>> i was just visiting a web site and it said this information
>>> will be
>>> added to your clipboard, where the hell is my clipboard ?
>>
>>
>> Your clipboard is in memory. It's where things go when you do
>> a
>> cut or copy.
>>
>> You retrieve the data in the clipboard by pasting it into an
>> application.
>>
>> If you want to just see what's in the clipboard, and not
>> necessarily paste it, you can run the clipboard viewer,
>> clipbrd.exe.
>>
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>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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