Open the clipboard in Windows

If you copy files to the clipboard, you can paste them elsewhere. You can also open the clipboard under certain conditions. We show you how this works.

Open clipboard - is that possible?

The Windows tool "clipbrd.exe" is available under Windows 98, ME and XP. This allows you to view and open the contents of the clipboard. Unfortunately, this does not exist with Vista and Windows 7 and Windows 8. Another mini software can easily remedy this:

• The free copy & paste tool "Ditto" is a clever clipboard for the last 10 copied data.
• With "Ditto" you can copy texts, images and even entire files to the clipboard and paste them elsewhere.
• Tip: In Word you will find the 24 last copied elements under "Start" in the "Clipboard".

Here we explain how you can insert a copied text with the correct formatting in Word.