Clipboard Dashboard
Save text and image snippets from your PDFs here, then search, filter, and reuse them across tools without re-copying every time.
Tools like PDF to Text also have a "Save to Clipboard Dashboard" button on their results — this is where those snippets land too.
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Why a clipboard dashboard for PDFs?
When you're pulling information out of several PDFs — an address from one, a clause from another, a table from a third — the normal system clipboard only holds one thing at a time, and it's wiped the moment you copy something new. This dashboard acts as a scratchpad that persists across your session and across visits on the same browser, so you can collect several pieces of text or images before you actually need them, then search back through everything you've saved.
Everything is saved locally using your browser's IndexedDB storage — the same local-first approach privacy-focused clipboard managers use, rather than a cloud sync service. Nothing is sent to a server, which means it works offline and keeps your document content private, but it also means snippets are tied to this specific browser and device, not to an account you can sign into elsewhere.
Common use cases
- Collecting quotes, clauses, or figures from several PDFs before drafting a summary or email
- Pulling addresses, phone numbers, or reference codes out of scanned documents for reuse in a form
- Building up a set of extracted table rows or paragraphs while comparing multiple reports
- Saving a logo or signature image extracted from a PDF to reuse across other tools on this site
- Keeping a running scratchpad of text while you work through a batch of PDFs one at a time
How to use it
- Extract text from a PDF using a tool like PDF to Text, then click “Save to Clipboard Dashboard”
- Come back here anytime to search, filter by source tool, or copy a saved snippet back to your system clipboard
- Click a snippet to expand it and read the full text or view the full-size image
- Paste text in manually if you want to save something from outside a PDF tool
- Delete snippets one at a time, select several to delete together, or clear everything at once — each with a few seconds to undo
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Clipboard Dashboard — frequently asked questions
Entirely in your browser's local IndexedDB storage, the same local-first database technology privacy-focused clipboard managers use. Nothing is uploaded to a server, and nothing is tied to an account.
No. Since there's no account or server, snippets are only available on the same browser and device where you saved them. If you switch browsers or use private/incognito mode, you'll see a different, empty dashboard.
Saved snippets are deleted along with your other site data for openeditpdf. Copy anything important elsewhere, or expand and copy it out, before clearing site data or uninstalling the browser profile.
Tools like PDF to Text show a "Save to Clipboard Dashboard" button next to their results. You can also paste or type text in directly at any time using the box at the top of this page.
Each text snippet is capped at 20,000 characters and each image at roughly 3MB, to keep browser storage usage sane — the dashboard shows a live character count as you type so you're never guessing. There's no cap on the number of snippets beyond your browser's own storage limits, and the header shows roughly how much space your saved snippets are using.
Yes. A search box filters by snippet content and by which tool it came from, and a source dropdown narrows the list to snippets from one specific tool. Combine both with the newest/oldest sort to find something quickly once you've saved a lot.
Yes, briefly. Deleting a snippet (or several at once) shows an "Undo" option for a few seconds before it's actually removed from storage. Once that window passes, or you navigate away, the delete is permanent — there's no server-side backup to restore from after that.
Yes. Tap "Select" above the list to turn on checkboxes, pick the snippets you want, then delete them together. "Clear all" removes every saved snippet regardless of any active search or filter.