Clipboard
The clipboard is short term memory set aside by the
operating system
,
shared by all applications in use. It stores content, such as
text,
images,
charts, files,
and other objects.
The clipboard is used for cutting (or copying) content from a document and
pasting it elsewhere. The windows clipboard has only one unit of storage.
cutting (or
copying) content
automatically and irreversibly overwrites
the old content of the clipboard.
Using the clipboard
The following screencasts demonstrate how to use the clipboard is demonstrated in the following screencasts:
- How to cut text in OpenOffice.org Writer.
- How to copy text in OpenOffice.org Writer.
- How to paste text in OpenOffice.org Writer.
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