LapLink MN-LGD011-XX-US manual Sharing clipboard information with remote computers

Sharing clipboard information with remote computers

Computers 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.

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:

1Open a Remote Control connection to another com- puter.

2On the Edit menu, click Link Clipboards to clear the check mark.

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 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.

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