In general, no; Mac OS X keeps no record of items you've copied in the past. That's not to say that nothing does. For example, Quicksilver (qs.blacktree.com) is able to watch your clipboard and keeps up to 10 recent items on hand.
When you copy or cut something it is stored into memory. This is known as the Clipboard. From there it can be pasted to other locations. The clipboard is capable of holding multiple items for pasting.
Removing a selected item from a document and placing it in a clipboard is called cutting and pasting. Microsoft Office Clipboard allows up to 24 text or graphics to be copied and pasted into another document.
Pasting.
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the process of copying an item from the clipboard into the document at the location of the insertion point is cutting
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Prior to pasting, cut data resides in the clipboard, a temporary storage area in the operating system. When a user cuts data, it is removed from its original location and stored in the clipboard, allowing it to be pasted elsewhere. This storage can typically hold text, images, and other types of data until new content is copied or cut.
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To place items on the office clipboard while leaving them in the document, you can use the "Copy" function instead of "Cut." Highlight the desired text or item, then either right-click and select "Copy" or use the keyboard shortcut (usually Ctrl+C on Windows or Command+C on Mac). This action stores a duplicate of the item on the clipboard, allowing you to paste it elsewhere without removing it from the original document. The item remains in its original location while also being available for pasting.
The action of cutting a text from one location in a document and pasting it to another location is called "cutting and pasting." When you cut the text, it is removed from the original location and placed on the clipboard, allowing you to paste it elsewhere in the document. This process is commonly used in word processing and editing software to rearrange or reorganize content.
The 'clipboard'. It's an area of computer memory used to store text that's been selected by the 'copy' funtion.
The first thing you have to do to remove an item from a document is highlight it. Then, right click on it and click on the cut word.