22nd November 2000

The clipboard is a somewhat limited (yet very useful) Windows feature. Its most obvious shortcoming: being able to store only one clipping at a time. Without installing third-party applications (like CLIPCACHE), you're sunk. Or are you? If you know you're gonna need more than one 'piece of text' at your beck and call, I'd like to suggest the following. Create a new e-mail message; this will act as a temporary, multi-entry clipboard of sorts. In it, paste (or enter) anything desired. Now, you can flip between open programs and call upon this message when necessary. The flip-flop operation may not be convenient, but it works. Images may be copied / pasted as well, although it may fatten the load. This isn't a "problem" until you care to make your entries permanent. Simply mail that message to yourself and move it to a 'Clipboard' folder.