Multiple cuts and pastes

[Kevin Slater]

Often I fond myself doing a task where I want to cut and paste three or more different phrases. Say I'm using Craig's List and want to copy the link to the ad, the reply-to address, and the header so I can then go to my web-based email and write a reply. As I understand it, the Windows clipboard can only save one item at a time, so I have to toggle between browser tabs three times to compose my reply. Is there some way to be able to save three snippets from one page then go to another and paste them separately? Seems like there should be a way to save one thing as F1, another as F2, etc. and then paste them elsewhere using those keys. Not a major hassle, just a minor annoyance that I wonder if someone's solved.

 

Kevin Slater

[+ deej]

You're pretty much describing the intent of the Office clipboard services, but the implementation leaves a LOT to be desired and prevents broader use.

 

For this kind of thing, I have an empty txt file open in Notepad almost all the time. (It opens in my startup group.) Notepad is also handy for "cleaning" HTML poisoning when copying source code from a website.

 

There are various 3rd party clipboard utilities, but I've always found the solution worse than the problem. So far, anyway.

[Kevin Slater]

Yup, I thought it would come down to Notepad. Thanks for the reply, Deej.

 

Kevin Slater

[Guest backbaygayguy]

I don't know a keyboard trick, but I use a variation of what deej said. If you want to keep the format, paste into a Word file or e-mail (if you use Word as your editor) -- but don't save the file or e-mail, just copy from it and then delete it. Depending on various, you might keep an active link URL or lose it in the paste -- individual settings and systems make a different, I think.

[Guest PWIT]

Since you mention you are editing on web based apps, are you using Firefox? If so, you may find the Clippings plug-in useful.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1347

 

Below link provides quick start guide to the plug-in:

http://clippings.mozdev.org/quickstart.html

[Kevin Slater]

I think that's exactly what I was asking for! (Although I had in mind it working across apps; but even if it works just within Firefox that's 60% of my headache gone.)

 

Thanks, PWIT. (What's that stand for, anyway?)

 

Kevin Slater

[Guest PWIT]

>I think that's exactly what I was asking for! (Although I

>had in mind it working across apps; but even if it works just

>within Firefox that's 60% of my headache gone.)

 

Hope it works for you.

 

>Thanks, PWIT. (What's that stand for, anyway?)

 

Ummm....it's in my profile.