I posted this as I love any programs or commands which extends the
functionality of the clipboard. By default, the Windows clipboard is
pretty limited, allowing only one item to be copied to it at a time.
Microsoft Office contains the ability to copy multiple items to what it
calls the Office Clipboard, where you can then paste individual items or
everything. It's very accessible but it's only limited to Office
applications. This is fine for copying and pasting text within Word
documents or copying text from Word into Outlook. However, I frequently
need to copy more than one item from a Web browser and the Office
Clipboard doesn't work in that context since a Web browser like Google
Chrome isn't an Office application.
JAWS contains the ability to append selected text to the clipboard,
which can be done by pressing insert-Windows key-C and I absolutely love
this feature. NVDA doesn't include this capability in the core program
but you can download a free addon which does this very nicely. Leasey,
which works in combination with JAWS, has a feature called Leasey Clips.
This allows you to store up to twelve blocks of text which can be pasted
anywhere and these text clips are even preserved after a computer
restart. The Clipboard History command mentioned in this article is
great but clipboard items are erased after a computer restart and I
would have liked for them to remain available even after a restart.
Clipboard History also allows you to sync your clipboard history with
other computers with the same Microsoft account. This means that you can
copy items to the clipboard on one computer and have them available to
paste on another machine. I have disabled this feature as I only have
one computer using my personal Microsoft account and the feature also
needs to upload your copied items to the cloud which I'd prefer to not do.
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019
WWW.DavidGoldfield.org
On 2/15/2020 1:45 AM, David Goldfield wrote:
MSPoweruser - Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 3:33 PM
Tip: Win+V is the clipboard history shortcut you did not know you
already had
Windows 10 no longer has any easter eggs, but it does have a large number of usability features that are not very well know, and which can increase your productivity if more widely used.
The *Windows key* pressed with the *v key* is one such shortcut that everyone should really know about.
Introduced with the October 2018 Update for Windows 10, it adds a clipboard history of text snippets you copied which can then be retrieved for later use.
Pressing the key combo for the first time activates the feature, and from then on you have a handy history of your copying and pasting which may save you from disaster someday.
If you have a frequently used text snippet you can also pin it to the history, and you are able to clear individual items or everything at once.
Did any of our readers find this tip helpful? Let us know below.
https://mspoweruser.com/tip-winv-is-the-clipboard-history-shortcut-you-did-not-know-you-already-had/
David Goldfield
Assistive Technology Specialist
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