It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time. Here’s the official description from the Ditto web site:ĭitto is an extension to the standard windows clipboard. Then all you need to remember is that the hotkey to open Ditto so that you can select one of the entries from the list is Ctrl+~. All you need to remember is to let it start when Windows starts and that way Ditto captures all clipboard entries.

It is extremely simple to install – just use the default options. I’ve been using it since Windows XP and now use it with Windows 7 Professional and have had no issues at all.

(That’s the control key plus the key to the left of the number 1 key, and as you may remember from a previous post, this ~ is a tilde.) Here’s a picture of the box that pops up:ĭitto is a free open source program that is very tiny and loads with Windows. Then when I ‘m ready to use one or the other (or any of the last several items I’d copied to the clipboard) I simply press the default key combination to bring up the Ditto box which is Ctrl+~. I knew I was going to write this post and I knew I wanted to paste the web address in here as far as where to get Ditto and I also wanted to copy their description of it into here. The picture below is a great example of this. Haven’t you found yourself wanting to copy something to the clipboard by using Ctrl+C and then realizing – “ Wait, I also need to copy that, but I can only copy one thing at a time. Even simply for filling out forms or whatever, I use it often. Ditto – a great & simple clipboard extension (FREE!)ĭitto is a great program for increasing productivity, regardless of what you are using it for.

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