Exploring the New and Improved Clipboard

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Using the Clipboard isn't rocket science—we've all been working with the Windows Clipboard since the earliest incarnations of Word. The Office Clipboard in Word 2002, however, is truly a "new and improved" Clipboard, with broader paste capabilities and a task pane you can display while you work.

What's more, you can display the Office Clipboard by choosing Edit, Office Clipboard. The Clipboard opens in a task pane along the right side of your work area. (See Figure 6-25.)

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The new and improved Clipboard can store up to 24 items. In addition to the old standby keystrokes—Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste—you can opt to paste all Clipboard items at once by clicking a single button in the Clipboard task pane.

Pasting from the Office Clipboard

When you've saved an item to the Clipboard, you can paste it in several different ways:

  • You can press Ctrl+V.
  • You can choose Edit, Paste.
  • You can position the pointer over the item in the Clipboard task pane. A down arrow appears. Click the arrow to display a short menu, offering you the Paste and Delete commands. This is a handy feature when you want to remove items from the Clipboard in order to free up the memory used.

Setting Clipboard Options

The Office Clipboard includes a number of options you can control from the Clipboard task pane. When you click the Options button in the lower left corner of the task pane, you're given four different commands in the drop-down menu. Table 6-4 gives you an overview of each.

figure 6-25. now the clipboard is available in a task pane so that you can easily see and manipulate the images and text stored there.

Figure 6-25. Now the Clipboard is available in a task pane so that you can easily see and manipulate the images and text stored there.

Table 6-4. Office Clipboard Options

Office Clipboard Option Description Use

Built-in Heading Styles

Formats the headings in your document

You have a particular style sheet you want to apply to a long document.

Show Office Clipboard Automatically

Automatically displays the Clipboard task pane whenever the Clipboard is used

You want to see what is stored on the Clipboard.

Collect Without Showing Office Clipboard

Hides the display of the Clipboard but collects up to 24 items

You want maximum available space on-screen.

Show Office Clipboard Icon On Taskbar

Displays a small Clipboard icon in the lower right corner of the Windows taskbar

You want to be reminded when something is stored on the Clipboard without having an application maximized.

Show Status Near Taskbar When Copying

Displays a ScreenTip showing how many items of 24 are currently stored on the Clipboard

You want to keep an eye on the resources you're using for the Clipboard, particularly if you're switching among Office applications.



Microsoft Word Version 2002 Inside Out
Microsoft Word Version 2002 Inside Out (Inside Out (Microsoft))
ISBN: 0735612781
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 337

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