By copying and pasting on your PC, you can transfer or copy content between locations. This action is performed via a clipboard. For Windows PCs, the Windows clipboard allows you to copy content one by one. However, the limitation is that the old content will be deleted after copying the new content. The Windows Clipboard can only hold one copied item at a time.
The Office Clipboard stores multiple copied items (up to 24) at once. If you have any Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc) on your PC, you can make the most of this clipboard. One good thing about this is that the clipboard is easily accessible across Office products. For example, content you copy from Microsoft Word and save to the clipboard is also accessible in PowerPoint. Here’s what you need to do to access and use the Office clipboard on your computer.
How to access the Office Clipboard
Using the Office Clipboard, you can save text from emails, data from spreadsheets, and even graphics from online sources. When you open the clipboard on any Office product, it appears as a task pane. To access the Office Clipboard, here are the steps to follow.
Step 1: On your PC, search for any Microsoft Office application by clicking the Start menu.
For illustrative purposes, we will be using Microsoft Word. However, you can easily replicate the steps on other Office products.
Step 2: Click on the Microsoft Office application to open it.
Step 3: On the Microsoft Office Ribbon, click the Home tab.
Step 4: On the Home tab, find the Clipboard group and click the dialog launcher (down arrow) next to it to open the Clipboard task pane.
The clipboard task pane will open empty if you haven’t copied any items. So when you copy items, the Clipboard task pane fills up until it contains up to 24 items.
How to copy and paste items on the Office clipboard
To fill the Office Clipboard, you can copy and cut items to reflect on it. To do so, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Open the document containing the content to be copied.
For illustrative purposes, we will copy the text from the Guiding Tech website.
Step 2: Highlight the content you want to copy.
Step 3: Right-click on the highlighted content to open the menu.
Step 4: Select Copy from the displayed options.
Step 5: Return to the Microsoft Office application. For illustrative purposes, we will be using Microsoft Word.
However, you can easily replicate the steps on other Office products.
Step 6: On the Ribbon of Microsoft Word, click the Home tab.
Step 7: In the Home tab, find the Clipboard group and click the dialog launcher next to it to open the Clipboard task pane.
Step 8: Check the Clipboard task pane for the copied item.
Without having to paste the item yourself, you’ll find that the copied item is already in your Office Clipboard.
Step 9: To paste copied items into an Office product, click any item as shown on the Clipboard task pane. To paste all copied items at once, click Paste All.
How to delete items from the Office clipboard
As you copy items, the Office Clipboard gradually stores them until the 24-item limit is reached. When this happens, the clipboard can no longer save your items. To free up space, you need to delete items from the Office Clipboard. Here’s how to do so:
Step 1: On the Microsoft Word Ribbon, click the Home tab.
Step 2: In the Home tab, find the Clipboard group and click the dialog launcher next to it to open the Clipboard task pane.
Step 3: Check the Clipboard task pane for all copied items.
Step 4: To remove only one item from the Clipboard, hover your mouse pointer and click the drop-down menu next to the item.
Step 5: Click the Delete option from the drop-down menu.
Step 6: To clear all Clipboard items, click Clear All at the top of the Clipboard task pane.
Using Windows Clipboard History
The Windows Clipboard should not be confused with the Office Clipboard. The Office Clipboard is exclusive to Office products and allows content to be transferred between products. However, the Windows Clipboard stores copied items from all the applications on your Windows PC. However, it only copies and stores one item at a time. To view previously copied items, you need to look at the Windows Clipboard History.
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