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ClipBook Viewer
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<p>ClipBook Viewer is a discontinued <a href="/facts/Utility_software/Hn3XtISQ">utility</a> included in the <a href="/facts/Windows_NT_family/EtccWvxQ">Windows NT family</a> of operating system that allows users to view the contents of the local <a href="/facts/Clipboard_(software)/CI8zUmP2">clipboard</a>, clear the clipboard or save copied and cut items. A feature restricted version, called Clipboard Viewer, is available in <a href="/facts/Windows_9x/f1zwlghw">Windows 9x</a> and earlier. </p><p>ClipBook Viewer was first introduced in <a href="/facts/Windows_for_Workgroups/zYnWyaC6">Windows for Workgroups</a> 3.1. It allows users to store clipboard contents in ClipBook pages, share the contents of the clipboard with other users or save the clipboard contents to a file (with .clp <a href="/facts/Filename_extension/cJgfAym4">extension</a>) to reuse them later. (Clipboard files cannot be shared.) The <i>View menu</i> allows viewing clipboard contents in various formats such as <a href="/facts/Plain_text/TSlSSAg2">plain text</a>, <a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Unicode</a>, <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/Rich_Text_Format/hsVH9Jot">RTF</a> and <a href="/facts/Object_Linking_and_Embedding/Eabu8Qnl">OLE</a> private data. In <a href="/facts/Windows_XP/IozrkAYS">Windows XP</a>, it is not listed in the <a href="/facts/Start_menu/ubDBJLDX">Start menu</a> and can only be accessed through its executable file, ClipBrd.exe. </p><p>Windows NT relies on <a href="/facts/NetDDE/0Ar2hzjA">NetDDE</a> and a Windows service called "Clipbook" (with small "b") to share ClipBook pages. Each shared page support an <a href="/facts/Access_control_list/t38J9Vao">access control list</a> that defines whether they can be seen, linked to, or modified. </p><p>ClipBook Viewer has been removed from <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Windows Vista</a> and later, although the ability to view clipboard contents has been implemented into the Clipboard History feature, which was introduced in <a href="/facts/Windows_10/be9IHehJ">Windows 10</a> and later. </p>