 a clipboard manager is a computer program that adds functionality to an operating system's clipboard. many clipboards provide only one buffer, overwritten by each new "copy" operation. the main task of a clipboard manager is to store data copied to the clipboard in a way that permits richer use of the data. clipboard managers enhance the basic functions of cut, copy, and paste operations with one or more of the following features: * multiple buffers and the ability to merge, split, and edit their contents * selecting which buffer "cut" or "copy" operations should store data in * selecting which buffer(s) "paste" operations should take data from * handling formatted text, tabular data, data objects, media content, and urls * saving copied data to long term storage * indexing or tagging of clipped data * searching of saved data sharing clipboard contents remotely is sometimes done with pastebins. ==copy history==  most clipboard managers allow the user to keep multiple clipped objects, available for later use. some keep a clipping history by automatically making a new buffer for each new cut or copy operation. some applications have an internal copy history feature. this has been a standard feature in unix editors like vi and emacs for some time. recent versions of microsoft office have included the "office clipboard", a built-in clipboard manager, which operates as long as one of the office suite applications is open. == clipboard managers in different systems == === windows === the default microsoft windows clipboard manager enables pasting the copied data, even after an application is closed, by maintaining the clip buffer itself. its copying and pasting operations are very versatile in what they permit to be transferred between applications. a range of cells clipped from an excel sheet can be pasted as a table into ms word, or openoffice.org. formatted text clipped from a web page will become cells in an excel sheet, a table in ms word, or plain text in text edit. windows does not offer a copy history feature. users wanting this function use a third-party clipboard manager that replaces the default clipboard. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! name !! license |- | 3d clipboard || freeware |- | ace clipboard || freeware |- | save.me || freeware |- | archiveclipboard || freeware |- | clipboard history || freeware |- | clipboard manager || freeware |- | clipboard typist || freeware |- | clipboardfusion || freeware & pro version |- | clipboardzanager (windows and windows phone) || freeware |- | clipjump || free so
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