A Better Way to Copy and Paste in Windows 10 with Cloud Clipboard

Since the very early versions of Windows in the 1980’s, copy and paste has been a very simple process. Highlight the item you’d like to copy, press +, which would copy that item to the Windows Clipboard. When you’d like to paste that item you would then press + and it would magically appear. The Windows clipboard was always limited to storing one thing at a time, such as a single word, paragraph, or a graphic. Since most Windows users only used a single computer, this wasn’t much of a limitation at the time.

There is a set of new features available in the Windows 10 May 2019 update which may be a big benefit to many… the ability to keep multiple items in the Windows Clipboard and select which you’d like to paste into a document. Holding down the + will display the last 25 items copied to the Windows Clipboard.

The feature isn’t enabled by default. To turn it on, type Clipboard Settings into the Windows search box.

Since this new Windows Clipboard now lives in the cloud, you also have the ability to synchronize the clipboard across all of your Windows devices.

For more information, see the Windows 10 Blog post Copy and paste accross Windows devices using Cloud Clipboard

Robert Borges

About Robert...

I have been in the IT industry since 1993 focusing mainly on networking. Though I got an early start as an amateur computer enthusiast and wrote my first database app at age 12, I started my professional career working in the MIS department of one of the largest liquor distributors in the northeast. I started out there as a systems operator on the company’s two mainframe systems. From there I moved into PC support, and help design and implement the company’s first client-server network… This was back in the days of Win NT 3.51 when I worked on my first migration to Windows NT 4.0 server.

From there I went on to work with Novell 3.x and 4.x along with Windows domains and Microsft's brand new Active Directory. Working my way up from technician to specialist, to an administrator, and eventually all the way up to Sr. Engineer. I spent many years working for MSPs/consulting firms, 9 of which I owned and operated my own firm.

Over the years, I have worked with (at an expert level) various versions of Windows client and server operating systems (including Windows 11 and Windows Server 2019); various virtualization technologies (Hyper-V, VMware, etc.); MS-SQL server 6.5- 2014 R2; Exchange 4-2019, and much more.  Over the years I have built a lot of experience around the Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud environments.

I am now CTO at Infused Innovations where our team is focusing on helping clients build a Secure Intelligent Workplace through InfoSec (Zero Trusts Framework), Modern Workplace, and Business Intelligence.

I have been heavily involved in the IT user group community, including serving as president of the board of Boston User Groups, Inc., and president of IT-Pro User Group. In 2017/2018 Microsoft awarded me the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) Award, with a focus of Microsoft Azure cloud, for my efforts in the IT community.

I am in a constant state of learning about new products, and new versions of products. Many of which we end up implementing in lab environments and sometimes for our clients. I have a very broad range of expertise and experience. It is my goal to share some of this experience on this blog to help enrich the IT community.

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