Handy Clips

Handy Clips is an easy-to-use software application that facilitates a quick method for inserting text content from the Clipboard, by storing clips into a list accessible via hotkeys. It does not include complex options or configuration settings, so it can be handled by all tupes of users, whether they have previous experience with this type of utilities or not.

The installation operation is a fast and easy task which does not require special input. The app is immediately launched afterward and creates an icon in the system tray area, where it sits quietly when minimized, so it is not intrusive in any way.

You can bring up the configuration panel by just double-clicking the tray icon and specify up to nine clips to be easily inserted into documents. All you have to do is press the Ctrl key along with the corresponding number. Apart from the fact that you can save the settings and send Handy Clips to the taskbar notifications area, there are no other notable options available here.

We have noticed that Handy Clips has some glitches. When inserting clips into documents, it automatically appends the corresponding Ctrl number to the string. No error dialogs were shown in our tests, though, and the app did not hang or crash. It has a good response time and, as expected from such a feather-light utility, its impact on system performance is insignificant, since it runs on low CPU and RAM.

Unfortunately, Handy Clips has limited settings that do not meet the requirements of most users looking for a relaiable Clipoard manager. We must also take into account that it has not been updated for a very long time.