Instant Clipboard V2.10 by Sureshot - Users manual
Table of contents
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1. Introduction
2. About the registered and demo version
3. Install
4. Uninstall
5. Starting the program
6. User interface - how to copy and paste
7. Cool Keys
8. Detailed settings description
9. Final words
1.
Introduction
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Instant Clipboard is an extension to the standard Windows clipboard. It has
a unique user interface, which allows you to copy and paste directly to/from
the extended clipboard environment.
In addition to the standard
Windows clipboard (CTRL+C/CTRL+V) you can now use custom keys for copying and
pasting. This allows you to have a large number of clipboards simultaneously.
Copying and pasting with the extended clipboards is just as simple as pressing
CTRL+C/CTRL+V. Instant Clipboard is system wide and works directly in all applications.
Included is also Cool Keys, a text macro tool. When you type a certain string
pattern it'll be replaced by another string. E.g. you setup Cool Keys to replace
all key sequences of "br," with "Best regards,". Then as
soon as you type "br," it will be replaced with "Best regards,",
no matter if you're in Outlook or Notepad. Cool Keys is system wide.
Some features
- Work with multiple workspaces.
- The extended clipboards are saved to disk and thus available after a reboot.
- It's compatible with all clipboard formats, such as bitmap, sound, text, html
etc.
- Cool Keys, a text macro tool, is included at no extra charge.
Instant clipboard is Windows 98/ME/2000/NT/XP compatible.
2. About
the registered and demo version
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There are no restrictions in the demo version, except an evaluation period of
15 days.
3. Install
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Instant Clipboard is simple to use and install, just double-click the self-extracting
file and follow the instructions.
4. Uninstall
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Close the Instant Clipboard application. Open the control panel and double-click
the icon "Add/Remove Programs". Find the entry called Instant Clipboard
and remove it.
5. Running
Instant Clipboard
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Instant Clipboard is found under the start button. "Start->Programs->Instant
Clipboard->Instant Clipboard".
6. User
Interface - how to copy and paste
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In order to paste in a traditional clipboard utility, the user would have to
switch from the working application to the clipboard manager to choose the wanted
clipboard and then paste it. With Instant Clipboard’s unique intuitive
user interface there is no need to swap between applications.
You can copy and paste to a large number of different clipboard slots. Each
slot is associated with a key on the keyboard. We call this key a slot key.
Basically copying and pasting is done by pressing and holding the Control(CTRL) key
(or mouse button) followed by a slot key.
When you press a slot key a tooltip will appear and present the current data in that slot. This makes it easy for you to toggle between different clipboard slots and see what’s in them before you copy or paste.
Keyboard
interface
How to
copy
First select an item (a piece of text, bitmap or anything else).
To copy, press and hold the Control key, then press any slot key TWICE, release
the Control key and it's done.
Example - Copies a text
to clipboard slot 1
1. Enter Notepad. Write a text and select it.
2. Press CTRL + 1 + 1 and release the CTRL key. A tooltip should show up with
the text "Copy over [EMPTY]".
3. The text you selected will now be copied into slot 1.
How to paste
To paste, press
and hold the Control key and then press any slot key ONCE, release the
Control key and it's done. E.g. CTRL + 1
Example - Pastes a text
from clipboard 1
1. Enter Notepad.
2. Press CTRL
+ 1 and release the CTRL key. A
tooltip should show up with the text "Paste from [Text]: ...".
3. The text in
slot 1 will now be pasted into Notepad. (Assuming that slot 1 contains data.
See copy example above.)
Hints
A. Some applications have "hot keys" which will have higher priority
than Instant Clipboard. Avoid this by pressing one of the shift keys as well
as the normal copy/paste keys. E.g. instead of just pressing CTRL + 1 to paste,
press CTRL + SHIFT + 1.
B. Press the same slot key three times to cancel.
Mouse interface
Using the mouse to copy and paste is even easier than using the keyboard.
How to copy
To copy, select the item with the mouse, hold the left button while you press
any slot key TWICE, as soon as you release the mouse button the selected data
will be copied. E.g. LEFT_MOUSE_BUTTON_DOWN + 1 + 1
Example - Copies a text
to clipboard slot 1
1. Enter Notepad. Write
a text.
2. Select the text with the mouse and keep holding the mouse button.
2. Press the key "1" twice.
3. Release the mouse button.
4. The text you selected will now be copied into slot 1.
How to paste
To paste, hold down the left mouse button and press the slot key ONCE, as soon
as you release the mouse button the data will be pasted.
Example - Pastes a text
from clipboard 1
1. Enter Notepad.
2. Press and hold
the left mouse button then press the "1" key once. A
tooltip should show up with the text "Paste from [Text]: ...".
3. Release
the mouse button.
4. The text in slot 1 will now be pasted into Notepad. (Assuming that slot 1
contains data. See copy example above.)
7. Cool Keys
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Included
is also Cool Keys, a text macro tool. When you type a certain string pattern
it'll be replaced by another string. E.g. you setup Cool Keys to replace all
key sequences of "br," with "Best regards,". Then as soon
as you type "br," it will be replaced with "Best regards,",
no matter if you're in Outlook or Notepad. Cool Keys is system wide.
Cool Keys helps you to avoid repetitive tasks. An example is writing emails. E.g. all emails to our customer are concluded with "Best regards, Sureshot". This is not alot to write, but doing that over and over again in every email is time consuming. Instead of typing that sentance at the bottom of every email Cool Keys allows us to type the abbreviation "brs" instead. Cool Keys replaces this sequence with "Best regards, Sureshot".
Here is how you can add
your own Cool Keys abbreviations.
1. Click on the tab "Cool Keys".
2. Press the "Add" button.
3. Type an abbreviation in the "Abbreviation" field.
4. Write the text you want to replace the abbreviation with in the "Associated
text" field.
5. Press the "Ok" button.
Try your new Cool Key by starting Notepad and write the abbreviation. The abbreviation
should now be replaced by the associated text.
Hints
Try to use abbreviations that are not parts of common words. E.g. by choosing
the abbreviation "se" words like "send", "see"
and "select" will be replaced. A good hint is to end every abbreviation
with an unusal character. E.g. "se§" is a better choice than
"se".
8. Detailed settings
description
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1. System
tab
2. Instant Clipboard tab
3. Cool Keys tab
System tab
Enabled
Select this to active both Instant Clipboard and Cool Keys.
By deselecting this the system wide hooks will be turned off which will speed
up keyboard processing a little.
Start automatically after
reboot
Select this and Instant Clipboard to start every time Windows is restarted.
Active Workspace
Select a workspace.
Create new
Press here to create a new workspace.
Delete
Press here to delete the current active workspace.
Clipboards
Press here to show a list of all clipboard slots in use.
You can delete clipboards slots by selecting them and pressing the delete key.
Instant Clipboard tab
Enabled
Select this to enable
Instant Clipboard.
Show tooltip during copy/paste
Select this if you want a helper tooltip to appear when you copy or paste.
The tooltip will show what's in the current slot. E.g. if the user has copied
an item to the slot "T" and then wants to paste the contents of T,
a tooltip will appear and show the user the content of the T slot.
Do not use these keys as clipboard slots
These keys will not be used as clipboard slots.
This enabled the user to filter away custom keys. This is useful when Instant
Clipboard slots interfere with other applications. E.g. the C key is used by
windows to copy to the standard clipboard, therefore it's filtered away by default.
Add
button
When you have entered a key in the edit box, press this button to add it.
Only save clipboards with
size less than
Only clipboard slots with a size smaller than specified will be saved to disk.
Use this to avoid large items to be saved to disk.
Cool Keys tab
Enabled
Select this to enable Cool Keys.
Cool Keys list
This list shows all abbreviations and their associated text for the active workspace.
To delete an item, select it and press the delete key. You can double-click
an item in the list in order to edit it.
Add
Press this key to add a new Cool Key.
9. Final
words
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If you have questions about the software, would like to make a comment or just
like to say hi, send us an email! Take care.