fig7 will pop open fig7 instructs the user to select items in the order the user desires them to be pasted when the user has finished selecting the items the user may assert on u201c done u201d button 705 to have the items pasted in the document as the name suggests u201c clear all u201d button 580 may be used to delete all items that are on the clipboard note that although a video and an audio icon are used to explain the invention the invention is not thus restricted for example a document icon may be used to indicate that a whole document is selected or is on the clipboard likewise a graphics icon may be used to indicate that a graphics image is selected or is on the clipboard etc thus the video and audio icons are used for illustrative purposes only 0040 fig8 is a flow chart of a process that may be used to implement the invention the process starts as soon as a user selects an item to copy when this occurs a check will be made to determine the object type of the selected item the object type may be an element of the subject document or it may be a reference to a file if the object type is not a referenced file but a component of the document there.