21st August 2000

Finding unique tips to cover isn't always the easiest task. For the past four years, whenever I turn to Gretchen for assistance, she says the same thing: "I like the one about copying and pasting." Yes, dear... but I can't talk about that every day. It's enough to make a grown geek cry, but here goes: CTRL+X is cut, CTRL+C is copy, and CTRL+V is paste. For the most part, these are universal shortcuts; you'll save time by using them regularly. Easy enough, but there's a clippy spin you may not be aware of. The clipboard resides in system memory; whenever you cut or copy data, that much [RAM] is being used. No big deal for smaller stuff (like text), but imagine what kind of strain you're putting on your system with larger objects (like images). Long story short: flush the clipboard when you're finished with it. How? Just copy a blank space (or something equally small).