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Quick Links : ClipMagic Tutorial, Main Window, Menu Commands, Main Toolbar, Tray Menu, Properties, Rules, Options

 

If you have got as far as to see this help file then you must have successfully installed ClipMagic.  To get started with ClipMagic, all you need to do is run it.  Once it is running it will capture any text, rich text, file or image selections that you copy to the clipboard.

 

Try highlighting some text from this help page and then just hit CTRL-C.  Now take a look at ClipMagic, you will find a new entry in the default folder.   If you haven't changed anything yet, the default folder is called ClipMagic and is shown by an open book icon.

 

You should see the text that you highlighted in the bottom pane and some information about it in the top view.  By default, the name of the item is the first 200 characters of the item clipped, or in the case of an image, it will be named 'Image AxB' where A and B represent the dimensions of the image.  You should also see the size of the clip, the date and time it was created, the name of the window it came from, the type of clip (in this case 'Text' or 'RTF' for Rich Text Format) and the URL.  In this case there will be no URL, but if you copied some text from your web browser you will see the URL of the page that you copied the text from.

 

You can edit the text if you want to - just go ahead and start typing in the bottom pane with the text.  When you click away from the text pane the changes will be saved instantly, or you can press the save button.  As you would expect you have the usual cut, copy, paste and undo functions available in the editor, and you can select which font and style to use by clicking on the font button on the toolbar, or by choosing Edit/Font.  The Editor has it's own toolbar with buttons to access the most common editing functions.

 

It is also possible to add comments by selecting the comments tab.  Just type any comments you want to make about this clip.

 

By default you can edit all the information about this clip by double clicking its entry in the top pane.  A dialog box will be displayed with its details and you can make changes to the name, the window title and the URL.  If you add a URL you will be able to launch this URL as you would if the clip came from a web page.  For items that you may want to use frequently you can set up a hot key and can even have the item sent straight into the active application.

 

Where to go next :

 

ClipMagic Tutorial

Main Window

Menu Commands

Main Toolbar

Tray Menu

Properties

Rules

Options