Clipboard Magic F.A.Q.

Q. Why am I frequently being prompted with this message box "Unable to Open Clipboard"?

A. Another application is interfering with the clipboard in some way.

Q. When I copy from a Rich Text document or HTML document into Clipboard Magic all the formatting gets lost.

A. Clipboard Magic currently works only with text. Any special formatting will be lost when copying.

Q. I copied something to the clipboard but it didn't show up in Clipboard Magic.

A. Clipboard Magic currently only handles text formats, what you are copying possibly is not really text. For example, if you have a text document open and you press the [Print Scrn] button, what is actually copied is a bitmap, which Clipboard Magic currently can't handle.

Q. I have set the beep on copy but it never beeps when I copy text. Why?

A. Assuming the volume in your speakers is turned up, try checking to make sure that the beep sound is defined. In Control Panel / Sounds / Check Sound Scheme, make sure the Default Beep is defined. e.g. "Windows XP Ding.wav"

Q. If I Clear the Clip List, add new items and then exit Clipboard Magic, it didn't really clear the clip list. It appears that it just closed that particular clip list but didn't open a new one. When I closed Clipboard Magic it didn't auto save the new list because there wasn't one listed in the panel at the bottom of the form.

A. Make sure you have at least v1.37 and that the Prompt To Clear option is set.

Q. How can I append a new clip to a 'zoomed-in' clip?

A. To add to a clip first turn off clipboard archiving, then zoom in and then copy the text then use Ctrl + V to paste into the zoomed clip.

Q. When Clipboard Magic starts I get an error like: "Unable to assign hot key". How do I fix this?

A. Another program you have running probably is already using the offending hotkey. In the Options screen change the hot key to a different key.