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== Using the Clipboard ==
[[Image:Scratch-pad.png|thumb|ight|200px|Fig. v.v Clipboard]]
This tool provides a temporary note pad to store database records for easy reuse. In short, this is a sort of the copy-and-paste functionality extended from textual objects to other types of records used in GRAMPS.
{{man tip|1=Clipboard makes extensive use of drag-and-drop technique|2=To invoke Clipboard, either choose '''Edit->Clipboard''' or click the {{man button|Clipboard}} button on the toolbar.}}
Clipboard Pad supports addresses, attributes (both personal and family), events (both personal and family), names, media objects references, source references, URLs, and of course textual information of notes and comments. To store any type of these records, simply drag the existing record on to the Clipboard Pad from the corresponding
editor dialog. To reuse the record, drag it from the Clipboard on to the corresponding place in the editor, e.g. Address tab, Attribute tab, etc.
{{man tip|Tip|Some objects are showing the link icon on the left. This indicates that dragging such selection will produce a reference to an existing object, not copy the object itself. For example, the media object file will not be duplicated. Instead, the reference will be made to an existing media object, which will result in the local gallery entry.}}
{{man tip|Tip|Clipboard storage is persistent within a single GRAMPS session. Closing the window will not lose the stored records. However, exiting GRAMPS will.}}
The accellerator accelerator key is now <'''CTRL+B'''>.
For an application like GRAMPS the Clipboard is very important.
Just one example: You find a birth certificate of a person. In this certificate also the witnesses are mentioned. And the birth certificate also determines a source where the information was stored. The best way is to open the clipboard and drag the source you want to work with there. Then use drag and drop to use it in new items you use.
Now you can finalize the information on the person editor screen. Drag that info also to the Clipboard.
Now you add two new persons for the witnesses (assuming you do not have them already in your database). Simply drag and drop the birt birth info to the witness event screen. You are then presented with the screen where you can change the role of the witness to witness for this birth event. You do the same with the other witness.
This saves you a lot of typing and possible errors.
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