The code editor captures all Cut and Copy operations and stores the the cut or copied item on the Clipboard Ring. The clipboard ring stores the last 20 text items that were cut or copied, but you can configure the maximum number of items stored on the clipboard ring using the environment options dialog. The clipboard ring is an excellent place to store scraps of text when you're working with many documents and need to cut and paste between them.

Showing the clipboard ring

To display the Clipboard Ring window if it is hidden, do one of the following:

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Pasting an item by cycling the clipboard ring

To paste from the clipboard ring, do the following:

Clicking an item in the clipboard ring makes it the current item.

Pasting a specific item into a document

To paste an item on the clipboard ring directly into the current document, do one of the following:

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Pasting all items into a document

To paste all items on the clipboard ring into the current document, move the cursor to the position where you want to paste the items into the document and do one of the following:

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Removing a specific item from the clipboard ring

To remove an item from the clipboard ring, do the following:

Removing all items from the clipboard ring

To remove all items from the clipboard ring, do one of the following:

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Configuring the clipboard ring

To configure the clipboard ring, do the following: