When you exit Publisher, do you get the message ‘Do you want to save the Clipboard?’

When you see this message, you have three choices. Click the Yes button, click the No button, or click the Cancel button. Many of us have hit Cancel only to find ourselves right back where we started.

Here is what is going on:
When you cut and copy in Publisher, you can paste into another Microsoft program, like Word or Outlook. This dialog box is asking if you want to continue on with paste into another program.

I’ll bet you never read the small print in this dialog box. It says, “The clipboard is a storage area in Windows which currently has some Publisher objects on it. If you want to save what’s on the Clipboard to use in another program or publication, click Yes. Otherwise, click No to free up memory. To return to Publisher, click Cancel.”

Wow! Who would have thought that the fine print would actually be helpful?!

So, when you see this message, choose Yes if you plan to paste your stuff into another program, choose No if you are done with whatever you have cut or copied, and choose Cancel if you didn’t mean to exit in the first place.