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Sharing clipboard information with remote computers
C
omputers in a Remote Control connection share a common clipboard: you can copy or cut
information to the clipboard on one computer and paste this information on another. .
When you cut or copy information for pasting in another
document, the information is stored temporarily in the clip-
board. Normally, clipboard information is transferred
between documents on the same computer. When you use
Remote Control, however, you can use the clipboard to
transfer information from one computer to another. You can
copy text or graphics on the host computer, for example,
and paste it on the guest.
TIP Only information placed in the clipboard during
Remote Control can be pasted on other computers. You
cannot share any information copied or cut to a clipboard
before a Remote Control connection is opened.
TIP When you clear the contents of the clipboard on one
computer, you clear the clipboard contents of the other
computer as well.
Pasting from the clipboard during Remote Control
When you copy or cut information to the clipboard during
Remote Control, only a small part of the information is trans-
ferred to the other computer immediately. The rest of the
information is transferred when you paste.
To prevent the loss of information added to the clipboard
from the remote computer during Remote Control, paste the
information before disconnecting.
If you are controlling several host computers, information in
the clipboard on your computer is available to any of them. If
you want to transfer clipboard information from one com-
puter to another, however, you must first paste the informa-
tion into a document on your guest computer; then paste it
into a document on another remote computer.
Disabling clipboard sharing
By default, clipboard sharing is available during Remote
Control sessions unless you disable it.
To disable clipboard sharing:
1 Open a Remote Control connection to another com-
puter.
2 On the Edit menu, click Link Clipboards to clear the check
mark.
If there is data in the common clipboard that hasn’t been
transferred completely, you are asked whether to com-
plete the transfer.
TIP To enable clipboard sharing again, repeat the proce-
dure to restore the check mark to Link Clipboards. Only
data placed in the clipboard after you enable this option
can be shared with other computers.