ClipboardSaver

Settings

On this page you will find an overview of all options from the settings dialog of the ClipboardSaver with an explanation of the respective function. You reach the dialog described here via the "Settings" menu. An explanation of the functions of other program parts of the ClipboardSaver can be found in the function overview.

General

• General > Clipboard Monitoring > Minimum Time Delay between two Processings: This option allows you to set a minimum time interval (in milliseconds) during which (after a clipboard change) no editing of the content or adding to the history takes place. The reason for this is that some applications copy content to the clipboard twice and this function can prevent such content from being processed more than one time. Based on experience, a value of "175" is recommended. With the setting "0" you can switch this function off completely and see which programs produce double content.
• General > Clipboard Monitoring > No Processing if a new Clipboard Content matches the previous Clipboard Content: If this option is enabled, new clipboard content will only be processed (added to history or edited) if this new content (regardless of the time interval) does not match the last content copied to the clipboard. Currently, this check is only performed for text content and not for images or files.
• General > Program Handling > Use Tab key to jump from control to control instead of typing a tabulation character: This option lets you specify what happens when the Tab key is pressed in a multi-line text field. If this option is activated, a TAB character (Code Point U+0009, Horizontal Tab) is entered directly as text in the corresponding text field. However, if this option is deactivated, you can use the tab character to jump to the next control element in the graphical user interface. If text tab input is enabled, you can use CTRL + TAB (instead of just TAB) to jump to the next control.

History

On this tab you will find all the settings for the history. You can specify which formats should be saved in the history, which content should be exported when the history is saved and whether the number of items in the history should be limited.

• History > Format > Texts / Images / Files / Other Content: Here you can specify whether texts, images, files and/or other content from the clipboard should be saved in your history. These options only apply to the history and not to the processing of content. This means that even if the storage of a format in the history is disabled, clipboard content of this format will still be edited or saved if the corresponding actions are activated in the main window.
• History > Storage > Time / Type / Content: These options refer to exporting the history as a file (for example, using the "Save History" button below the history, using the "Save As..." entries from the context menu of the history table, using the menu "File > Save History", or using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + S). You can decide whether the exported table should contain the time, type, and/or the content.
• History > Options > Maximum Number of Elements in the History: This option allows you to limit your history table to a maximum number of items. As soon as your history contains as many entries as the number specified here, each time new content is added, the oldest entry is automatically deleted from the history so that the total number will never exceed the maximum number. If you do not want to limit your history, you can use the value "0". This means that an unlimited number of items will be stored in your history and no automatic deletion will take place.

Texts

On this tab you will find all the settings used for saving text files in the ClipboardSaver. This applies to the functions "Save" (on the tab "Texts") and "Save File List" (on the tab "Files") as well as to saving the history as a text file.

• Texts > Storage Format: Here you can specify the encoding with which the text files should be saved and whether a byte order mark should be written at the beginning of the text files.

Images

On this tab you will find all the settings used for saving images in the ClipboardSaver. This affects the "Save" function on the "Images" tab. Other image storages, such as that possible by right-clicking on a clipboard format in the detail table, always uses the original image used in the respective format.

• Images > Storage > Export Quality: Here you can specify which image quality should be used for saving images in the formats JPG, JNG, MNG, JPG2000 and TIFF-JPG. All integer values ​​between 1 (worst) and 100 (best) are allowed. Values ​​that are not listed in the selection box can be entered manually.
• Images > Storage > Progressive Function: If you activate this option, images of the JPG, JNG and MNG formats are saved with the option of a progressive display. This means that these images can be displayed shadowy (similar to a preview), for example, on the Internet, even if they have not yet been fully loaded. Standard Baseline JPEGs (if this option is not activated) are loaded and displayed line by line from top to bottom. Progressive JPEGs, on the other hand, immediately appear blurry and pixelated when loading starts and become sharper with each byte loaded. Only older browsers such as the Internet Explorer 8 (or older) have problems with progressive image formats, while all modern browsers support this format.
• Images > Storage > Save Image as Layer: When this option is enabled, the image is saved as a layer in Photoshop format (PSD). This is necessary if you want to work with transparency and RGB color channels in Photoshop. If you do not need this, you can disable this option and save disk space for the image file. In this case, the image will be opened in Photoshop as a Background Raster Image with RGBA Color Channels.
• Images > Algorithm for Resizing Images: Here you can select which algorithm should be used for scaling images (enlarging or reducing the size of images). There are four different algorithms available: "Nearest Neighbor / Pixel Repetition", "Bilinear", "Bicubic" and "Lanczos". These different methods differ in how many neighboring pixels are included in the calculation of a new pixel for the new scaled version of the image. Each of these algorithms has its advantages and disadvantages. The simplest and fastest method is the simple pixel repetition, which is also called "nearest neighbor". This algorithm does not use interpolation (intermediate value determination) and thus ensures that hard edges are retained. The simplest interpolation over four neighboring pixels is provided by the "Bilinear" algorithm, which is comparatively fast and well suited for reductions. The "Bicubic" algorithm is best suited for smooth gradients, as it interpolates over 16 neighboring pixels along a cubic curve. The "Lanczos" method, which performs an interpolation over 36 neighboring pixels, is good for enlargements. Of course, this involves a lot of computing time, which makes this method the slowest.

Other Settings

• System Integration: Here you can find some settings for linking files with the ClipboardSaver or for configuring the Auto Start settings. You can find more information about that in the help section about System Integration.
• Language (Menu "Language Settings"): Here you can change the language of the application. With the button "Save language" you can save your chosen language, otherwise the program will start if possible with the language of your operating system. More information about the language settings of the ClipboardSaver can be found here. If the ClipboardSaver has not yet been translated into your preferred language, you are welcome to help with the translation.
• Save (Menu "Save or Load Settings"): Here you can find ways to save the current settings, to set startup preferences, or to create profiles for settings. You will also find the storage options here and you can delete existing saved settings. More information and a description of the functions can be found on the page about saving settings.