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-====== What's "Paste As File" all about? ======+====== What's "PasteAsFile" all about? ======
  
 Quite simply, it's the **utility for Windows** you thought you didn't need, but when you use it, **you wonder how you managed before!** Please read all the content and join up - it will save you hours of work! Quite simply, it's the **utility for Windows** you thought you didn't need, but when you use it, **you wonder how you managed before!** Please read all the content and join up - it will save you hours of work!
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 +Anything you **copy** onto your **Windows clipboard** can be **pasted** into a file in any folder.
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 For the moment please just read the help file under the [[:pasteasfile:download|download paste as file]] For the moment please just read the help file under the [[:pasteasfile:download|download paste as file]]
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 **Paste as file** will create a file with anything that's copied onto the clipboard. **Paste as file** will create a file with anything that's copied onto the clipboard.
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 +[[What can you use PasteAsFile for]]?
  
 You can copy images[(PNG, JPG, plus many others)], text and web content and then easily paste it onto Windows Explorer. This will then create a file of that content. You can copy images[(PNG, JPG, plus many others)], text and web content and then easily paste it onto Windows Explorer. This will then create a file of that content.
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-=== SEO ====+===== SEO =====
    
-**SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)**. Say you wanted to research the top 10 search results on Google for a certain keyword phrase. You would search, copy the results to the clipboard, and then 'paste as file' into a folder in the format of 'html'. You would then retain all the formatting and links for the original search results+**SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)**. Rsearch the top 10 search results on Google for a phrase? 
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 +Search, copy results to the clipboard, 'paste as file' into a folder as 'html'. 
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 +You retain all the formatting for the original search results
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-=== Research ====+===== Research ======
    
-**Research**. A great use case for 'Paste as File' is to research some topics. Use Google to find results, the copy the result parts from various websites and 'paste as file' as either RTF format, PDF format or HTML format into a folder. You will retain all the formatting and links as per the original content.+**Research**. A great use case for 'Paste as File' is research. 
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 +Google to find results, copy the results parts from websites and 'paste as file'; either RTF, PDF or HTML format into a folder. 
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 +Retains the formatting and links as per the original content.
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-=== Images ====+===== Images ======
    
-**Images**. In many situations you want to screenshot images. We recommend using a screenshot tool such as [[https://getgreenshot.org/|Greenshot]]. Mark you image to capture, and then 'paste as file' into a folder in any supported image format. This could also convert your image to PNG, TIFF, JPG, PDF, etc at the same time.+**Images**. In many situations you want to screenshot images. 
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 +We recommend using a screenshot tool such as [[https://getgreenshot.org/|Greenshot]]. Mark you image to capture, and then 'paste as file' into a folder in any supported image format. 
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 +This could also convert your image to PNG, TIFF, JPG, PDF, etc at the same time.
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-=== PDF Creation ====+===== PDF Creation ======
    
-**Easy PDF Creation**. Without using any tools you can hightlight, and copy any content. Right click and Select 'paste as file' in a folder, then paste the clipboard contents as PDF. This will convert the content at the same time to a nice PDF file - including links!+**Easy PDF Creation**. Without using any tools you can hightlight, and copy any content. 
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 +Right click and Select 'paste as file' in a folder, then paste the clipboard contents as PDF. 
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 +This will convert the content at the same time to a nice PDF file - including links!
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-Paste As File is useful for the following, along with a lot of other uses:+The "Paste As File" Windows utility is useful for the following, along with a lot of other uses:
  
   * **Research** - copy selected parts of web pages. Paste into your "research folder" as a collection of files - all formatted as html and perfectly viewable in a browser.   * **Research** - copy selected parts of web pages. Paste into your "research folder" as a collection of files - all formatted as html and perfectly viewable in a browser.