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the highlighted material and, from the shortcut menu, choose Cut or Copy
(Figure 6-7).
Figure 6-7. Suppose you want to email some text from a web page to a friend. Drag through it (left),
and then choose Copy from the shortcut menu (or Edit → Copy).
In your email program, paste into an outgoing message (right).
When you do so, Windows memorizes the highlighted material, stashing it
on an invisible Clipboard. If you choose Copy, nothing visible happens; if
you choose Cut, the highlighted material disappears from the original
document.
Pasting copied or cut material, once again, is something you can do either
from a menu (choose Edit → Paste), from the shortcut menu (right-click
and choose Paste), or from the keyboard (press Ctrl+V).
The most recently cut or copied material remains on your Clipboard even
after you paste, making it possible to paste the same blob repeatedly. Such a
trick can be useful when, for example, you’ve designed a business card in
your drawing program and want to duplicate it enough times to fill a letter-
sized printout.
The Multi-Clipboard
In general, whenever you copy or cut something, whatever was previously
on the Clipboard is lost forever. But in Windows 10, a safety net is at your
