Copy-Paste or Cut-Paste are one of the most usual actions performed by a computer users. This process is involved in common tasks like editing and writing text documents, code writing, picking text or links from web pages, transferring music or film from disks, moving files within your hard disk and many others. The operating systems has supported this interface right from the very beginning but they don’t provide a native intuitive interface to utilize this capability in a repetitive manner.Now, the need of a skillful Clipboard arises which will let you easily use your clippings several times or some other effective features.
Ditto-cp is a proficient extension to the built-in windows clip board which contains productive features. It uses sqlite database to keep records.You can view, search and
use any item that has been copied at any time. It is portable and you can synchronize clippings of multiple computers. Ditto can be accessed from system tray or with a hotkey. The items in the clipboard can be pasted into the document or file with double click, enter key or using drag. Due to Unicode support, it shows characters of foreign languages also.
Ditto Clipboard offers ample options to configure it. In the general tab, you can choose maximum number of clipboard entries and their expiration period. There is a choice to compact and repair database if it gets huge or malfunctioned. Duplicates clippings or not allowed by default but they can be enabled here.
The “Supported Types” tab lets you view and add the file types for which clipping is confirmed. For example, I am adding bitmap support. It is even possible to add support for custom file type.
The clipboard can be also handled with hotkeys. The “Keyboard Shortcuts” tab permits you to assign hot keys for different purposes. The first choice can be utilized to activate or deactivate Ditto Clipboard. Similarly, the user can allot shortcut keys to the last ten clippings which eases the way to paste recent clips.
The ”Quick Paste” has multiple customization to offer. You can enable or disable the thumbnail preview of image clippings and also display format of RTF text. You can adjust the positioning and transparency of Quick Paste display. If you don’t like the default look of clipboard you can customize alter the theme and font.
Ditto-cp is also network friendly. You can share your clippings with your remote friend if you know the IP address. The Friends tab presents the network interface to be adjusted accordingly. You can select to add all or selected clippings with password. In this way the clippings sent are encrypted and secure.
If you are tired of copying and pasting with default clipboard in Windows XP then Ditto-cp is right choice which is also multilingual and open source. The list can be retrieved from Ditto-cp’s web page.
