Clipboard feature in Windows

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Published on 2010-04-21T03:24:45Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 3:33 UTC
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In Opensuse 11.0 Linux we can select any piece of text anywhere(browser, emacs..) and its in the clipboard and then we can paste it with the middle mouse click. How can i get similar functionality in Windows Xp?

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