


You won't believe this, but they actually have made ClipMate even better. Yes that's
right the best got even better. I have been using ClipMate for a couple of years now and I
don't think I could do my work anymore without it.
ClipMate allows you to keep more than one thing at a time on the clipboard, that is the
basis around which the whole program is built. (actually ClipMate stores them) Here is how
I run ClipMate. It is in my startup folder so that when Windows opens ClipMate opens. I
use the always on top option for ClipMate also, so it is right there when I need it. For
normal work I keep the short term collection open. That's right you can have collections
of information stored in ClipMate. I have one collection for filling out those pesky
forms, which brings me to another of ClipMates enhancements, power paste. With ClipMate
you can at the touch of a button have ClipMate paste information in turn into whatever you
are working on.
Some of the new features in 5.0:
They have streamlined the interface by combining several functions (select, preview, edit,
and manage) into one window. User-defined collections of data are now shown as folders
using a directory tree that supports nested collections, and the ClipList shows a sortable
listing of all Clips in the current collection. With the press of a button you can view
all your Clips as thumbnails, making it easy to visually locate graphics.Using the
ClipMate Explorer, Clips can be moved within or between collections via drag 'n' drop.
Text can be highlighted and re-arranged using drag 'n' drop composition. Text can also be
dragged to or from another application that supports Rich Text editing.
With Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, you can view HTML right in the Preview/Edit pane of
ClipMate Explorer. If you copy some data from Internet Explorer, ClipMate will retain
information about which web page the data came from and you can return to that page
anytime using ClipMate's "revisit" button. When viewing text that contains a web
page URL, you can launch that URL in your default browser.
ClipMate can export text and bitmap (graphic) Clips either singly or in batches. You also
have the option of saving bitmap Clips as JPEG files, which reduces file size and is
easily compatible with web and E-Mail tools.
If you're searching within or across collections, the results are placed in a special
temporary collection called "Search Results" so that you can quickly review all
"hits". ClipMate also supports searching for text within a Clip and will show
you highlighted text in the Preview/Edit window.
The editor can be made to "stick" to a particular Clip, so that local
cut/copy/paste can be used without ClipMate scrolling to display the new Clipboard
contents. The shift text, remove line breaks, and change-case functions all support
operations on highlighted selections within the editor. The shift text function, which can
slide a block of text to the left or right, has a "destructive" mode where if
you hold down the CTRL key, will wipe out any characters in the first column (not just
blanks). This is handy for operations like removing unwanted '>' symbols in E-Mail
replies.
Deleted Clips are placed in a special "Trash Can" collection, until shut-down.
So if you mistakenly delete something, you can get it back.
Inspired by television remote controls, the "Last Collection" (F5) and
"Favorite Collection" (F6) keys make it easy to flip between collections, which
is particularly useful when used with QuickPaste. Pressing F5 takes you to the collection
that you were working in previously - even during the last session. F6 takes you to the
next collection with the word "Favorite" in the title.
In conclusion this could be the best $20 you have ever spent on software. There is an easy
way to find out, go and download a fully functional 30 day evaluation copy.