<s>
A	O
clipboard	B-Application
manager	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
that	O
adds	O
functionality	O
to	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
's	O
clipboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
clipboards	O
provide	O
only	O
one	O
buffer	B-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
"	O
copy	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
"	O
function	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
overwritten	O
by	O
each	O
new	O
"	O
copy	B-General_Concept
"	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
task	O
of	O
a	O
clipboard	B-Application
manager	I-Application
is	O
to	O
store	O
data	O
copied	O
to	O
the	O
clipboard	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
permits	O
extended	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clipboard	B-Application
managers	I-Application
enhance	O
the	O
basic	O
functions	O
of	O
cut	B-General_Concept
,	I-General_Concept
copy	I-General_Concept
,	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
operations	O
with	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
clipboard	B-Application
managers	I-Application
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
keep	O
multiple	O
clipped	O
objects	O
,	O
available	O
for	O
later	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
keep	O
a	O
clipping	O
history	O
by	O
automatically	O
making	O
a	O
new	O
buffer	B-General_Concept
for	O
each	O
new	O
cut	O
or	O
copy	B-General_Concept
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
applications	O
have	O
an	O
internal	O
copy	B-General_Concept
history	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
standard	O
feature	O
in	O
UNIX	B-Application
editors	O
like	O
vi	B-Application
and	O
emacs	B-Application
for	O
some	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
have	O
included	O
the	O
"	O
Office	O
Clipboard	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
built-in	O
clipboard	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
which	O
operates	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Office	O
suite	O
applications	O
is	O
open	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
clipboard	B-Application
manager	I-Application
enables	O
pasting	O
the	O
copied	O
data	O
,	O
even	O
after	O
an	O
application	O
is	O
closed	O
,	O
by	O
maintaining	O
the	O
clip	O
buffer	B-General_Concept
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
copying	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
pasting	I-General_Concept
operations	O
are	O
very	O
versatile	O
in	O
what	O
they	O
permit	O
to	O
be	O
transferred	O
between	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
range	O
of	O
cells	O
clipped	O
from	O
an	O
Excel	B-Application
sheet	O
can	O
be	O
pasted	O
as	O
a	O
table	O
into	O
MS	B-Application
Word	I-Application
or	O
LibreOffice	B-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Formatted	O
text	O
clipped	O
from	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
will	O
become	O
cells	O
in	O
an	O
Excel	B-Application
sheet	O
,	O
a	O
table	O
in	O
MS	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
or	O
plain	O
text	O
in	O
Text	O
Edit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClipBook	B-General_Concept
Viewer	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
utility	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
family	I-Device
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
versions	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
October	O
2018	O
Update	O
do	O
not	O
offer	O
a	O
copy	B-General_Concept
history	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
these	O
versions	O
a	O
third-party	O
clipboard	B-Application
manager	I-Application
that	O
replaces	O
the	O
default	O
clipboard	O
is	O
required	O
for	O
extended	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
October	O
2018	O
Update	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
Cloud	O
Clipboard	O
feature	O
which	O
does	O
offer	O
copy	B-General_Concept
history	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
sync	O
this	O
history	O
for	O
access	O
on	O
other	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
also	O
has	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
third-party	O
options	O
for	O
clipboard	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CopyPaste	B-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
first	O
(	O
1997	O
)	O
multiple	O
clipboard	O
utility	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
and	O
is	O
still	O
actively	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CopyPaste	B-General_Concept
was	O
first	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
Tidbits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clipboard	B-Application
managers	I-Application
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
use	O
the	O
Dock	O
,	O
status	O
bar	O
or	O
Dashboard	B-Application
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
the	O
Mac	O
Look	B-Application
and	I-Application
Feel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
freedesktop.org	B-Application
Clipboard	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
specification	O
describes	O
a	O
protocol	O
layered	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
ICCCM	B-Operating_System
clipboard	O
spec	O
for	O
client	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
daemon	O
clipboard	B-Application
manager	I-Application
must	O
be	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
window	O
manager	O
running	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
X	O
session	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client-side	O
specification	O
has	O
native	O
support	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
toolkits	O
,	O
including	O
GTK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	O
desktop	O
environment	O
KDE	B-Application
ships	O
with	O
Klipper	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
basic	O
clipboard	B-Application
manager	I-Application
function	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
gnome-control-center	O
(	O
accessed	O
via	O
the	O
gnome-settings-daemon	O
)	O
,	O
that	O
supports	O
the	O
freedesktop.org	B-Application
Clipboard	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
Specification	O
.	O
</s>
