Services clipping to the Scratchpad?

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Is it possible to set up Services so that it sends a clipping to the Scratchpad?
If not, it would be a great addition because there are times when I find something that is of interest I’d like to remember but it doesn’t relate to a specific project or I might want to file it later.

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Not really, because the main function of the scratch pad is that you can call it up anywhere on your system. With the default settings Shift-Cmd-Return will open the Scratch Pad even if you are in other programs, so you can just copy stuff right into it no matter where you are. Having a clipping would be kind of redundant.

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If you just want to store random – or not-yet-specified – items, why not use one of the simple collection apps. I use Slip Box, just about as you describe

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Thanks, PJS: I do use other apps to collect clippings via their Services plugins… OmniFocus, OmniOutliner, DevonThink, etc… to collect info & jot down ideas about that info as I come across it… but I want to use the collected data in different apps according to the type of info or it’s end use.

Thanks, Ioa: the difference is that a Services plugin would eliminate the cutting & pasting part of it… call me lazy or anally efficient, but I have the attention span of a gnat & if I find something of interest while engaged in another equally important activity, then I want to be able to capture it in the right place where I can come back to it later and get back to my current activity with the minimum of fuss.

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Don’t mean to sound like a smartass, but why, if you have

do you need to triple-up or quadruple-up with Scrivener?

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Thanks for you question PJS. As I mentioned in my previous post, I use the collected data in different apps according to the type of info or it’s end use. There is no tripling or quadrupling up… and there are other issues… eg: I don’t want too much data sent to OmniFocus because it uses one singe-user database and I don’t want it syncing lots of stuff to the OF versions on my iPad or iPhone.
Everyone works in different ways. Services clipping to Scrivener’s Scratchpad would be a boon to the way I work because I wouldn’t have to think about which Scrivener’s document I would have to store the clipping in until later, it would avoid unnecessary cutting & pasting and it would give me the option of formatted or unformatted data.

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On that latter note, you can paste without formatting by using the Paste and Match Style shortcut.