DON'S FREEWARE CORNER -- AUG 2013
CLIPBOARD EXTENDERS
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DON'S FREEWARE CORNER 2013-08
CLIPBOARD EXTENDERS
©2014 Donald R. Snow
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CLIPBOARD EXTENDERS
Clipboard extenders are replacements for the Windows clipboard. They
have features such as allowing you to save more than one item on the
clipboard and keep them for the future. I have several FH projects
where I need to have lots of clips available and find them easily.
Here are three clipboard extenders that I have used and that have received
good reviews.
1. DITTO -- http://sourceforge.net/projects/ditto-cp/?source=directory
-- http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/
This is OpenSource freeware and if you know programming you can
edit it yourself. It saves any type of clip: text, image, URL,
etc.. It comes in various versions including portable and 64-bit and
is updated regularly. You can subscribe for free updates and a
newsletter. When running, you open it by clicking on the icon in the
tray (lower right-hand side of your screen) or, more simply, by using the
default hot key combination CTRL` (Hold down the Control key and press the
tilde key -- upper left corner of your keyboard). A popup opens with
the last 10 clips and a search box. Just double click on a clip and
it is copied in your document where the cursor is. It can be set to
start automatically with windows, so it saves all your clips successively
and this is helpful. The default is to save 500 clips before it
starts deleting earlier ones, but you can set this the way you want.
The search box that opens is helpful to find clips with search terms you
want. The last copied clips are at the top and I can't see any way
to sort them, but the search is fast. It allows you to set up groups
in a tree structure and copy or move clips between groups. By
right-clicking on the tray icon you see many options and also help
screens.
2. CLIPX -- http://bluemars.org/clipx/
This is a simple, easy to use, clipboard extender. It has
not been updated for several years, but has a 64-bit version that works
fine in Windows 7. It can be set to save up to 1024 clips of text,
URLs, images, screenshots, etc. It is opened by clicking on the icon
in the tray (lower right-hand side of your screen). Left-clicking on
the icon shows the last 10 or so clips with the latest ones at the top and
I can't see any way to sort them. Right-clicking on the icon shows a
menu to search, manage, change options, etc.. The program can be set
to run when your computer boots so you save all the clips you make.
It allows some editing of clips, e.g. combining two in either order.
Searching for a clip requires right-clicking on the icon, then
left-clicking on Search and typing in your search terms. There are
several Plug-Ins you can download free, e.g. one called Stickies that
allows saving permanent clips at the bottom of the clip list. The
main benefit of ClipX seems to be its ease of use, but it still takes a
couple of extra mouse clicks.
3. RESOPHNOTES -- http://www.resoph.com/ResophNotes/Welcome.html
This is really a note program that I have used essentially as a
clipboard extender and found it very helpful. It only saves text clips,
not URLs nor images, but I need that for some FH projects. Clips
(notes) are added by clicking the "+" and deleted by clicking the
"-". You can add tags, but search terms show all notes containing
that term easily. And because the notes are automatically
alphabetized in a list, they are easy to find. After you find the
clip you want, highlight it, then paste it where you want. It
doesn't seem to have any limit as to how many notes it can handle and I
have several hundred notes in it. I use this when editing letter
collections where I have several hundred people and places identified and
that I want to insert explanations in square brackets so they are readable
and searchable, e.g. if the letter has just E.B., I add [Erastus Beman
Snow 1853-1900] after it so it is readable and findable. I have
heard that RESOPHNOTES does spell checking for you in other programs, but
I don't know how to use that feature.
A few review sites that discuss these and other clipboard extenders are
the following, if you are looking for other features.
(1) http://lifehacker.com/5298615/five-best-clipboard-managers
(2) http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-useful-clipboard-replacement-utilities-for-windows/
(3) http://www.howtogeek.com/126930/the-best-tools-for-enhancing-and-expanding-the-features-of-the-windows-clipboard/
(4) http://dottech.org/91792/windows-best-free-clipboard-manager-program-review/comment-page-1/#comments
(5) http://www.top5freeware.com/clipboard-manager-for-windows
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