Clipboard edit functions: how?

['Drew Moreland]

I would like to be able to copy and paste the contents of the Windows XP
clipboard to emails. I have created a shortcut to view the clipboard
contents but all of the edit functions are "grayed out" and are not
responsive. I can save the contents of the clipboard to a file but the file
contains many lines of code and symbols in addition to the text I want to
copy.

Is there a way to activate the edit functions in the clipboard?

XP Home SP2 fully patched clean system

 

[Ken Blake]

I would like to be able to copy and paste the contents of the Windows XP
clipboard to emails. I have created a shortcut to view the clipboard
contents but all of the edit functions are "grayed out" and are not
responsive. I can save the contents of the clipboard to a file but the file
contains many lines of code and symbols in addition to the text I want to
copy.

Is there a way to activate the edit functions in the clipboard?

Are you talking about the clipboard *viewer*? If so, I'm not sure why.
Personally, I never use the clipboard viewer. In a situation like yours, I
would simply paste the copied material into the E-mail message, then edit
out what I didn't want in the E-mail editor. I don't see that the
intermediate step buys you anything at all.

If I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to accomplish, my apologies. In
that case, please clarify what you want to do.

 

['Drew Moreland]

Yes, I/m referring to the clipboard viewer.

I'm using a feature of Wave MP3 Editor called Web Speakster. With it you
record a voice message, upload it to their server; when it's loaded the next
button clicked copies the link (preceded by a brief text message) to Windows
Clipboard. From the Clipboard you paste the link to e-mail. That last step
Windows won't let me do; everything except "delete" is greyed out.

 

[Tony Luxton]

Hi Drew,

If I'm reading you correctly (and forgive me if I'm not), you're trying to
perform the "paste" action in the clipboard viewer. That's wrong - you do it
in your email window - edit, paste (or control+v).

HTH Tony.

Yes, I/m referring to the clipboard viewer.

I'm using a feature of Wave MP3 Editor called Web Speakster. With it you
record a voice message, upload it to their server; when it's loaded the
next button clicked copies the link (preceded by a brief text message) to
Windows Clipboard. From the Clipboard you paste the link to e-mail. That
last step Windows won't let me do; everything except "delete" is greyed
out.

 

['Drew Moreland]

Tony,

The "paste" action is performed automatically by the "Web Speakster"
function of the Wave editor. The link to the voice message I created and a
brief text message that accompanies it are created and pasted directly to
the clipboard. I have no idea why; that's just what it does and is supposed
to do. I have no control over where the Speakster pastes the data; that's
written into the program. I can activate the Clipboard Viewer and see that
they are there but I can't extract them to paste them into an email.

'Drew

Hi Drew,

If I'm reading you correctly (and forgive me if I'm not), you're trying to
perform the "paste" action in the clipboard viewer. That's wrong - you do
it in your email window - edit, paste (or control+v).

HTH Tony.

 

[Tony Luxton]

Drew,

The fact that you can see the data in the clipboard viewer means that it's
ready to be pasted into your email. What happens if you create a new email
(or any other type of document), and in *that* window, click edit, paste?

Tony.

 

['Drew Moreland]

Tony,

That can't be done because I don't have the information in buffer as I would
if I had done a "highlight" and "copy" myself. I didn't perform the "copy"
that caused the data to exist in "clipboard". It is downloaded from Wave's
server directly into my system. It may be in a temp file somewhere but I
have never found it.

 

[Tony Luxton]

Drew,

But you *can* see the data in clipboard viewer? That means the data is ready
to be pasted elsewhere. Unless I'm missing something.

Tony.

 

[Tony Luxton]

Drew,

But you *can* see the data in clipboard viewer? That means the data is ready
to be pasted elsewhere. Start a new document. Click edit, press <control+v>.
What happens?

Tony.

 

[Ken Blake]

Yes, I/m referring to the clipboard viewer.

I'm using a feature of Wave MP3 Editor called Web Speakster. With it you
record a voice message, upload it to their server; when it's loaded the
next button clicked copies the link (preceded by a brief text message) to
Windows Clipboard. From the Clipboard you paste the link to e-mail. That
last step Windows won't let me do; everything except "delete" is greyed
out.

Are you trying to paste into an E-mail message from with the clipboard
viewer? You can't do that. Try what I suggested below: Forget about the
clipboard viewer. You've copied something into the clipboard (*not* the
clipboard viewer). Just go to the E-mail message and paste it directly,
using Edit | Paste, or Ctrl-C.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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['Drew Moreland]

Ken,

I'll try that as soon as I am able, but do you think it matters that I did
not do the copying of the data? In fact, I had nothing whatsoever to do with
its being deposited in the clipboard other than transmitting the data
components to the Wave server where it was processed and codified and
returned to my clipboard by Wave.

'Drew

Yes, I/m referring to the clipboard viewer.

I'm using a feature of Wave MP3 Editor called Web Speakster. With it you
record a voice message, upload it to their server; when it's loaded the
next button clicked copies the link (preceded by a brief text message) to
Windows Clipboard. From the Clipboard you paste the link to e-mail. That
last step Windows won't let me do; everything except "delete" is greyed
out.

Are you trying to paste into an E-mail message from with the clipboard
viewer? You can't do that. Try what I suggested below: Forget about the
clipboard viewer. You've copied something into the clipboard (*not* the
clipboard viewer). Just go to the E-mail message and paste it directly,
using Edit | Paste, or Ctrl-C.

 

[Ken Blake]

Ken,

I'll try that as soon as I am able, but do you think it matters that I did
not do the copying of the data?

No. If the data was copied (regardless of how it got there) it's in the
clipboard, and you should be able to paste it directly from there.

I think your entire problem is that you are confusing the clipboard (an area
of memory) with the clipboard viewer (a program). That's what I thought, and
suggested, when I responded to your first message, and I still think so.

 

['Drew Moreland]

You were correct, Mr. Blake!

By ingoring the complication of the Clipboard Viewer and proceeding directly
to the email composition screen, I could paste my data directly there.

I was sidetracked by not having had to perform the selection and copying
myself so I overlooked the simplest solution as the correct one.

Thanks for your sharing your expertise!

'Drew

 

[Ken Blake]

You were correct, Mr. Blake!

No formality necessry. Just "Ken" is fine.

By ingoring the complication of the Clipboard Viewer and proceeding
directly to the email composition screen, I could paste my data directly
there.

I was sidetracked by not having had to perform the selection and copying
myself so I overlooked the simplest solution as the correct one.

Thanks for your sharing your expertise!

You're welcome. Glad to help, and glad your problem is solved.