Are you using clipboard history? Wonderful way to access copy/paste items!

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When it comes time to edit a LOT of profiles I've always been toggle flipping between a text or word doc to copy/paste different bits to the biography.  Recently I learned of a Chrome extension called "Clipboard History."  There are other programs that do similar things and I suggest trying them out to see if they can make your Wikitree experience a little easier

Whenver you copy anything, it is saved to the program.  If 3 copy and pastes later, you need to access what you copied a few times back, just right click and instead of copy/paste/delete you select clipboard history and there you have a long list of all your copies.  For those that you use repeatedly, just click to favorites and then that bit will always be available.

I've saved to my favorites my bio template and now whenever I open a bio to edit, I don't have to go looking for the document where my template is, just a right click, to clipboad favorites and its right there.

You can save all of your most used templates {{unsourced}}, project boxes, stickers, etc., very useful for categories and for data doctoring & other Wikitree tasks that are repetitive in nature.  Its like having your text doc shortcuts embedded into your mouse!

Give it a try, let us know if it works for you!

Edit: Thanks Linda for the tip - you can set the default to "favorites" if you want to only see favorites in your menu.
in The Tree House by SJ Baty G2G Astronaut (1.2m points)
edited by SJ Baty
I couldn't find it. I did find a "Clipboard History 2". Is this the same?
Yes, looking at mine now, it is Clipboard History 2.
THANK you for sharing this tip.  You saved me tons of time.

O. M. G.  

I can't say I ever even noticed that little icon on the upper right of my Chromebook screen! Thank you for sharing an AWESOME tip!

The more I use it the better I like it! Thanks!
Thanks for this information. My husband just helped me learn to use it -- can't wait to try it out.
Firefox has a similar extension.  I added it this weekend.  A great timesaver!  Thanks for the tip.

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What a time saver!  Thanks SJ this rocks.
by Caryl Ruckert G2G6 Pilot (206k points)
selected by SJ Baty
What a time saver during Clean a Thon using this app!!!  Limited typing needed if you have memorized the common things you are entering!!
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I use similar windows program, that works across all applications, not just chrome.

https://www.outertech.com/en/clipboard-manager

I bet there are others.
by Aleš Trtnik G2G6 Pilot (807k points)
+12 votes
Just added as do lots of cut and paste.
by Hilary Gadsby G2G6 Pilot (316k points)
+14 votes
Thank you SJ.  I was using a different clipboard program but like this one better because it has favorites that can be saved.  I appreciate the recommendation.
by Cindy Cooper G2G6 Pilot (328k points)
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For Windows 10 users, if you're on the Oct 2018 Update version of the OS or later, there is now a clipboard history feature built in to the OS. You can enable it via Settings | Clipboard. It's likely not as fancy as the dedicated clipboard manager apps/extensions, but it's built in to the Windows OS.
by Rick Peterson G2G6 Pilot (188k points)
Thanks!  I found it.  Remember to turn it 'on', folks!
+9 votes
Thank you for this! It's going to save me a lot of time!
by Traci Thiessen G2G6 Pilot (295k points)
+10 votes
For an Android device there's Clip Stack, works as a charm.
by Herman Overmars G2G6 Mach 4 (45.2k points)
+11 votes
I use a Notepad to save all the repetitive stuff that I use a lot, including source ''templates'' with the name of the source already all written out, just needing page number and sometimes link added.  No searching anywhere else then.
by Danielle Liard G2G6 Pilot (658k points)
+13 votes
I use ClipMenu for my mac http://www.clipmenu.com/

I use the free version that just saves the last 30, but that's generally sufficient
by Anne B G2G Astronaut (1.3m points)
I get a 404 error when I try to download. Anyone else?
It went dead... a few months ago. I'm using Fliplab. It's not as nice but at least it works
It still works for me.  I just did a google search for 'clipboard history chrome extension' and it showed Clipboard History 2, so it should still be found.
+7 votes
This is a great time saver.  Setting the Default View to Favorites really does save lots of time when working on Data Doctor Suggestions

Thanks.
by Linda Peterson G2G6 Pilot (778k points)
Oh that's great Linda, and even faster - I've now set "favorites" as my default also!
+7 votes
Thanks for the tip!!! Super timesaver!!
by Brandy Pethel G2G1 (1.0k points)
+9 votes
I may truly love you forever SJ if I can get this to work for me. I have so many wikitree pages bookmarked on my laptop and phone, my scratchpad is full and I don't know how many times I flip back and forth just to make sure I enter dates and places right. If this works I can clean up so much stuff and be more organized.
by Amanda Frank G2G6 Mach 5 (55.9k points)
+6 votes
Thanks for the tip
by Chris Colwell G2G6 Mach 2 (24.5k points)
Chris I have been using this for a while now it is great. Especially when I am greeting.
+8 votes
Please remember the reason the clipboard memory was removed from Windows was because it was holding insecurely people's passwords they were daft enough to cut and paste. Think before you copy and keep!
by Chris Hoult G2G6 Mach 2 (25.5k points)

Off the top of my head I can think of a half dozen programs that offer to save my passwords for me and upload them to the cloud - Apple and Google (and Microsoft) do this with regularity.

I suppose that this app getting dropped from Microsoft was more for political or business reasons.  Apple won't carry any app it can't make money on and there are many business and political reasons why apps are accepted and others not.

But I will agree with you about copying and pasting passwords - you want to be sure that anywhere the password is recorded is safe.  However, I wouldn't feel any more nervous about clipboard history being on my computer than I would be to allow Google to "sync" my passwords across all of my devices.

To point: the data you copy/paste is stored on Google - the same system that they use to store folk's passwords that are synced.

The extensions uses chrome.storage API for the cloud feature. The items, that you send to the cloud, are stored on Google servers.
They are available only for your account.

Good point in general - it is always good to be aware of password security.

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Thanks, I have all mine saved on a notepad that I keep open most of the time but Clipboard sounds awesome and I will give it a try.
by Sharon Glover G2G6 Mach 1 (13.3k points)
+6 votes
If you are using Firefox, it is the little pair of scissors in the top right of your tool bar, Clipboard History Manager
by Joe Patterson G2G6 Mach 1 (15.1k points)
Good to know Joe!
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Is there something similar for use on iPads?
by S Stevenson G2G6 Pilot (249k points)

Looks like there is an app called "Paste."  I'm not familiar with it but if it doesn't work, you might try a search at the app store for programs that save copy/paste history.

http://windowsclan.com/view-iphone-clipboard-history/

thanks!
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After looking at the Chrome add-on that was canceled, I decided to look at my preferred browser: Firefox. I found Clippings as an extension which allows me to organize, copy and paste text just as these other extensions and add-ons do. I'm trying it out now.
by Judy Bramlage G2G6 Pilot (213k points)
Good to know Judy - if it works out, let us know and I'll edit the original post to include it.
+3 votes

It seems that Clipboard History 2 no longer exists in the Chrome Web Store. See here for current offerings. 

by Olin Coles G2G6 Mach 2 (21.6k points)

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