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The Clipboard Toolbar

The Office Clipboard enables you to cut or copy multiple items from various Office files in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or Access. You can then paste them into one or more files.

The cut or copied items are collected on the Clipboard toolbar which automatically appears as soon as two items are cut or copied in a row, when the same information is copied twice, or when copied information is pasted and then something else is immediately copied. You can continue to add to the Clipboard even after the toolbar appears. The Clipboard toolbar also includes a Copy button that you can use to copy items.

The Clipboard toolbar displays one icon for each of the cut or copied items. When you point to an item on the toolbar, its contents are identified in a ScreenTip. You can paste one item at a time or use the Paste All button to paste all the items at once.

You can clear the clipboard of all items when you have finished a particular copying sequence by clicking the Clear Clipboard button . The clipboard clears automatically when all Office programs are closed.

NOTE:You can also display the Clipboard toolbar by right-clicking any toolbar and selecting the Clipboard command or by selecting the View menu, selecting the Toolbars command, and then selecting the Clipboard command.

NOTE: The Clipboard toolbar will not appear automatically if you have closed the toolbar three times in a row without pasting.

The Clipboard toolbar

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Read through the steps:. If you would like to complete these steps in an actual Word file, please click on the link to the left and move between Word and Web windows until you are satisfied you have mastered the skill. (If a dialog box appears while you are trying to open the exercise, click Open It.)

Practice the Skill

1. With the Word document open, select and copy the text, "Worldwide Sporting Goods" in the first sentence. Then select and copy the text "Specialty Sports" from the same sentence.
   The Clipboard toolbar opens and displays icons for each item that has been cut or copied.
   
   
   NOTE:If necessary, see Word tutorials for instructions on selecting and copying text.
   
   
2. Scroll to the bottom of the document and click before the word "prior" in the first sentence under the heading "Cancellation".
   The insertion point appears in the new location.
   
   
3. Type the word "to" at this point.
   The new text appears at the insertion point.
   
   
4. Position the mouse pointer over the first item, "Worldwide Sporting Goods", on the Clipboard toolbar.
   A ScreenTip appears with a description of the copied item.
   
   
5. Click the icon for the "Worldwide Sporting Goods" item on the Clipboard toolbar.
   "Worldwide Sporting Goods" appears at the insertion point.
   
   
6. To clear all of the items on the Clipboard, click the Clear Clipboard button on the Clipboard toolbar.
   The items are cleared from the Clipboard toolbar.
   
   

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