Clipboard Scripts Lite 1.0 review

Clipboard Scripts are a group of AppleScripts designed to provide users with a quick and easy way to become more efficient in their everyday routines.

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 195K Developer: Automated Workflows Price: $0.00 Updated: 06 Jan 2006

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Clipboard Scripts are a group of AppleScripts designed to provide users with a quick and easy way to become more efficient in their everyday routines. By automating small tasks that users perform frequently, these scripts will help to reduce common repetition in an average user's day. This generates more time for focusing on other important tasks.

Clipboard Scripts use the clipboard as the basis for the tasks they perform. The clipboard is a part of the Mac OS which holds data when copying and pasting in different applications. When you select text in a document, and choose "Copy" from the "Edit" menu, the text is copied to the clipboard. The AppleScripts that make up "Clipboard Scripts" are built to perform various tasks to text data on the clipboard.

Clipboard Scripts are intended to be triggered from the Apple "Script Menu", which is included with Mac OS X. You may need to "activate" the script menu, if you haven't done so already. This can be done by double clicking on the "Script Menu.menu" item in the "Applications > AppleScript" folder on your Mac OS X computer. Once you have done this, a script icon should appear in your menu bar at the top of the screen.

Scripts used in the scripts menu may be triggered from within any application.
You'll notice that a fairly wide range of scripts are installed by default. "Clipboard Scripts" help to extend that base set by providing additional useful functionality.

This solution includes the following scripts:
• Add Prefix - Prompts for a prefix, and adds that prefix to the beginning of each paragraph on the clipboard. The modified text is then placed back on the clipboard to be pasted into the desired location.

• Add Suffix - Prompts for a suffix, and adds that suffix to the end of each paragraph on the clipboard. The modified text is then placed back on the clipboard to be pasted into the desired location.

• Convert to Lowercase - Converts the text on the clipboard to lowercase format. The converted text is then placed back onto the clipboard to be pasted into the desired location.

• Convert to Uppercase - Converts the text on the clipboard to upper case format. The converted text is then placed back onto the clipboard to be pasted into the desired location.

• Display Length - Counts the characters or paragraphs of the text on the clipboard, and displays the count to the user.