Yankee Clipper III

A neat advantage when using a computer to write text is that you can instantly copy large paragraphs at the press of a few buttons. Behind this, is a Windows feature known as a clipboard and temporarily saves your text until replaced by new entries. You can't actually view the clipboard, but applications like Yankee Clipper III take over and provide an interface where you can manage stored items.

All features are held in a simple design that gets you up and running in the blink of an eye. Most of the space is used to store all copied items, while its lower counterpart displays content. On the side, you can view several categories that store either recent entries or ones you choose to save for later use.

The application detects and processes only text and images. By default, copied elements are automatically arranged in the given categories like text, pictures, rich text, all formats or URLs. What's more, you can create more so-called boilerplates, which are mainly more sets filled with the default categories. Sadly, there's no option to create custom folders in boilerplates to store clipboard entries.

Rest assured that basic copy and paste functions are not affected, the application only targeting the clipboard. When not in use, you can leave it hidden in the system tray so it doesn't take up precious space, or make it stay on top of every other window for careful management.

The set of features put at your disposal is rather poor and straightforward. Accessing the options menu lets you set a custom hotkey to quickly bring up the main window, because it's the only way to choose what item to paste. It would have been useful to be able to attribute hotkeys for at least a few entries for situations where you need to write down large, standard forms.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that Yankee Clipper III is a handy application overall, even though it could use a few more options. It's a straightforward extension of the default clipboard that lets you manage them in different categories and have them inserted where needed. As basic as it is, the application deserves a try.