ClipMagic

Anyone of us utilizing the computer facility would understand the usage and importance of a clipboard in managing any kind of document or file as it performs the function of short term data storage or data transfer between applications and documents easily through the method of copy and paste operations. Any computer user would know the importance and usage of such a utility that provides a medium to transfer information in any given situation. Modern GUIs often provide the user a clipboard manager that helps in storing data copied to the clipboard and makes multiple clips from the history available for user reference. Clipboard works differently amongst different operating systems and when we talk of a clipboard extender; ClipMagic 4.0.04 comes to mind that assists in easy research and information management options.

ClipMagic opens with a compact looking yet neatly organized interface with the chief options placed at the top panel and the left pane displaying the categories of folders for clipboard extending. It helps the user to easily keep track of clippings and facilitates speeding of information retrieval from any source utilized earlier. The program can work easily with all kinds of browsers and enables recording of URL’s text and images that are being taken from the web. Its personal and internal web browser makes research even faster and also helps in launching the clips taken from the web to get back to the original page. The clips taken can be edited and categorized automatically and the user can store up new entries and assign various hot keys to each of the clips or paste them quickly to the current application using the Magic Paste option.

To conclude, ClipMagic 4.0.04 certainly offers quite a few tools to effectively manage information stored on clipboard; however negative reviews about the utility give it a rating of three points only.

ClipMagic offers everything you would expect from a powerful clipboard extender. But it also goes much further than that to provide a powerful yet easy to use research and information management tool. ClipMagic can work with all web browsers to record the URL's with text and images that you take from the web. It also has its own internal web browser, to make net research even faster. For clips taken from the web, you can then launch their originating URLs in your main browser or in the ClipMagic browser, to get back to the original page. Clips can also be edited using the integrated editor. Rules allow you to have clips categorized (or ignored) automatically the moment they are grabbed. You can create new entries, store comments against your clips, copy back to the clipboard, assign hot keys to them, paste them quickly into the current app with MagicPaste, send by email, print merge, search, sort, export and save them ... within minutes, you won't know how you ever managed without it! A freeware Lite version is also available.