RemoveClipboardFormatting
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The purpose of this small utility is twofold:

1. It removes all clipboard formats except the text format (CF_TEXT) from the clipboard and then pastes the results. Although this may sound stupid, this is a great alternative for standard copy & paste operations in Office applications (e.g., MS Word). Without this utility, one needs to select 'Edit' | 'Paste Special' | 'Unformatted Text' to achieve this.
2. It converts a handle of type HDROP that identifies a list of files on the clipboard to the plain list of files. This means that it becomes possible to use CTRL+C from Explorer to obtain the file names in a text editor or a 'Open' dialog!

Installation
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Double click the file "RemoveClipBoardFormatting" once. This will create a shortcut on the desktop, with associated Shortcut key Ctrl+Alt+V. If you like, it is possible to alter this key combination as follows:
  right click on the shortcut,
  select 'Properties',
  select panel 'Shortcut',
  go to field 'Shortcut key',
  press the key combination that you want.
That's it!

How to use
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1. Select some text in your word processor, and then press CTRL+ALT+V (or your configured key combination) at the location where the text should be pasted.
2. Select files and folders in the Windows Explorer, then press CTRL+C. Now switch focus to your text editor or word processor and press CTRL+ALT+V (or your configured key combination).

About this program
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This program is freeware. Anyone can use it on his or her own risk.
The author takes no responsibility for the results.

Web page:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~lploeger

Lennert Ploeger (lploeger@xs4all.nl) 20021203-20111214
