what is a clipboard?

Question

is it a software program? why it doesn't apper in the monitor? what its option and what its uses? thnx!..........

Answer 1

When you copy something it is stored in an area called the clipboard. It is a special place in memory that stores this info. For instance, when you copy a picture or song it is stored here until you either copy something else or turn off your system.

Answer 2

I remember asking this same question... Well it is a magical invisible program included with your windows operating system(OS). Whenever you "copy" anything, image or text, it goes auomatically to this magical place somewhere inside your OS.. it automatically deletes whatever was there before, so only one thing can be there at a time. Then you can "paste" whatever you copied; if an image, onto either a paint program (or other image program) and if text into a word program or into other text you are writing...
Here is something interesting you can do: Up at the top of your keyboard you have a button named "PRNT SCRN" and when you hit that button whatever is topmost on your screen will go to the clipboard. So after you do this, go to the paint program and then form the dropdown menu in the edit tool, pick "paste". If it says it is larger than the bitmap, select yes and PRESTO you have your screen copied in front of you. Then if you want to save it, go to the file tool and pick save it as... (make a name for it and pick a location) Have fun!

Answer 3

is a Windows program that holds text that has been cut or copied from other programs. Cutting or copying to Clipboard overwrites any previous content. Clipboard Viewer (if it's installed) can be opened by clicking on Start> Programs> Accessories> System Tools> Clipboard Viewer.

Answer 4

It is. It keeps a tab on what you have been copying e.g. from Microsoft Word to paste into an email for example. You can access it as follows:

1. Click Start. and then My Computer (or click the My Computer icon on your desktop *)
2. Open the C drive, and then double-click on the Windows folder (you may need to show hidden files by clicking Tools, then Folder Options and select Show hidden files and folders).
3. Next, double-click the System32 folder.
4. Scroll down until you see a file called "Clipbrd.exe" If you don't see this file, it may be located in the System32 folder in C:\WINXP. If you still can't find it, do a system search for it (click Search, All files and folders, and enter Clipbrd.exe).
5. Once you have found Clipbrd.exe, Click once on it, (so that it's highlighted) and then drag and drop it onto your Start button. This will install a shortcut to the Clipbook Viewer. Or you could drag and drop it onto your Desktop - it's up to you - whichever is handy for you.

Answer 5

It depends on what you are relating it to.

Word uses a clipboard to store all copied items so at any point you can paste a certain bit.

Answer 6

sometimes if you're in word use can paste things to the clipboard.. so you can have mutliple things ready to be pasted.

at least i think that's what you are talking about

Answer 7

temporary memory,