Customizing the Office XP Clipboard

The Office XP Clipboard offers many new features that make copying and pasting between documents a breeze. Learn more...

by Beth Sunny and Karin Rex

The Office XP Clipboard offers many new features that make copying and pasting between documents a breeze. However, one of the best features that Microsoft included was the Options button that offers you control of the Clipboard! At the bottom of the Clipboard task pane you will find an Options button.

Open the Clipboard task pane if it is not currently displayed:

1. Click on View in the menu bar

2. Click on Office Clipboard in the drop-down menu

The Options button (near the bottom of the task pane) lets you customize the Clipboard in a number of ways: Show Office Clipboard Automatically, which is active by default, can be unchecked if you would prefer that the Clipboard Pane only be opened manually. Collect without Showing Office Clipboard, which is not active by default, can be checked if you would prefer that the Clipboard task pane not automatically open when you are in the middle of collecting objects. By default, when the Office Clipboard is open, a corresponding icon will appear in the system tray (lower right corner of your screen taskbar), and a brief message appears each time you copy an item. You can choose to hide either of these indicators by un-checking the corresponding commands in the Options menu: Show Office Clipboard Icon on Taskbar and Show Status Near Taskbar When Copying. To stop the Office Clipboard from allowing any more objects to be placed on it, right-click on the Clipboard system tray icon and choose Stop Collecting from the shortcut menu. This will cause the Clipboard task pane to close and the system tray icon to disappear. When you are ready, view the Clipboard task pane (and system tray icon) manually by choosing Office Clipboard from the Edit menu.

Now YOU are in full control of the newly enhanced Office XP Clipboard!

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