ClipTray is part of the Windows 98 Resource Kit Sampler, located on your installation CD. If you've installed the entire sampler (by running setup.exe in the CD's tools\reskit folder), you can start ClipTray as follows: Select Start, Programs, Windows 98 Resource Kit, Tools Management Console; click Close to exit the Tip of the Day; navigate your way to Tool Categories\Desktop Tools; then double-click ClipTray in the right pane. If you prefer to install only ClipTray, copy the three ClipTray files from the installation CD's tools\reskit\desktop folder to your location of choice. To run ClipTray, double-click cliptray.exe.

Using ClipTray is a piece of cake. Let's assume you have a paragraph of text on the currently active Word document that you want to be able to paste into multiple documents. Assuming ClipTray is already running (its icon will appear in the tray of your Taskbar), select this text and press Ctrl+C (or select Word's Edit, Copy command). Click the ClipTray icon, select Add, type a name for the entry, such as "letter closing", click the Paste button, then click Close.

Whenever you want to insert that exact paragraph, click the ClipTray icon and in the pop-up menu, select that entry by name. The paragraph is now on the Windows Clipboard. Place the cursor where you want the text, press Ctrl+V (or select Edit, Paste), and it's in there!