PasteCopy.NET is a free Windows clipboard manager for Windows which you can use in order to expand Windows clipboard and save more text into it. Out of all the features that you can find in PasteCopy.NET, the one that’s probably the most interesting is that you get a preview window which you can use to get a quick preview of the text that’s stored to the clipboard when hovering your mouse over the tray icon.
Windows clipboard manager of PasteCopy.NET can be seen in the image above. This is where every piece of text that you copy is gonna be saved. Classic menu can be seen in the image above, and at the bottom the previously mentioned preview area can be seen. Preview area is automatically resized, depending on the amount of text that you copy to the clipboard.
Key Features of this Free Windows Clipboard Manager:
- Portable, small, and light-weight, no installation, less than a megabyte in size.
- Expand Windows clipboard so that more text that you copy can be saved.
- Save and arrange clipboard items into categories for easier management.
- Preview window for quick preview of the current item saved in the clipboard, mouse hover activates preview window.
- Auto-fill and Auto-paste, automatically paste items from the clipboard.
- Export items and text saved in clipboard as a RTF document.
According to the developers, the preview area where content clipboard items is shown is also able to display HTML code, but we weren’t able to get it to work. Windows can only save one item at a time when you mark text and select copy. Every new text that you save there is gonna be overwritten. Here’s how you can expand that with PasteCopy.NET.
How to Expand Clipboard with PasteCopy.NET?
Since this is a portable application, you just need to download and click on the executable. As soon as you do that, it will start working and your clipboard is now enhanced and expanded. Now you just need to start copying whatever it is that you need copied somewhere else.
It will be automatically added to the New Category category. With categories you can organize clipboard and items that get stored there. New ones can be added by selecting File >> New Category. Notice down below that the preview window is displaying contents of clipboard items. To automatically post the entire clipboard, you’re gonna have to select Edit >> Auto-fill.
Conclusion:
PasteCopy.NET is perfect for all those who need to copy a lot of text, but from different locations to different documents, when you’re filling out spreadsheets or work documents. Instead of having to go in and out of window to copy and paste, you can copy everything at once and then simply paste the items one by one. It’s very fast and since it’s portable, you don’t have to install PasteCopy.NET. System tray icon is available so you don’t have to have the window open all the time. Free download.
Also, read our post on ControlC, Clipboard Magic, and Paste And Save.
