This section will familiarize you with basic ClipMate operation, so that you can be productive as quickly as possible. Here is a general overview of the main ClipMate "Classic" Window, which we'll use for the first few lessons:
ClipMate Classic closely resembles previous versions of ClipMate, and takes up much less space than ClipMate Explorer. It features a menu, a toolbar, and a drop-down list of Clips (the ClipList). In the picture to the right, it is shown in the "dropped-down" state, where you see a ClipList and a slimmed-down version of the preview/edit window. |
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First, a bit about navigation.
If ClipMate doesn't already look like either of the above, then you're likely in ClipMate Explorer, which is a 3-pane layout. Please use the View | Open ClipMate Classic menu, or the click the toolbar button that looks like this:
, or press Ctrl+E, to switch to ClipMate Classic. Note that you can easily move back and forth between Classic and Explorer with the Ctrl+E key, or by pressing the appropriate toolbar button.
takes you from Explorer to Classic, and 
takes you from Classic to Explorer. Additionally, you can open either one by right-clicking on the system tray icon (down near your clock). A left-click on the system tray opens whichever one you had open last, whether it was minimized, or closed completely.
The "Drop-Down" list at the bottom of the window is what we'll focus on for now. Here is where new items "show up" when captured by ClipMate. Although it only shows one item right now, if you click on the
button at the far right end, it will "drop-down" to show the titles of all items. It should now look like the image in the upper-right of this page.
But if you're new, it is probably empty, right? So let's get some data!
More:
| · | Lesson 1: Basic Operation
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| · | Lesson 2: PowerPaste
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| · | Lesson 3: Glue
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| · | Lesson 4: QuickPaste
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| · | Lesson 5: Editing
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| · | Lesson 6: QuickPick
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| · | Lesson 7: Shortcuts
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