When AceText is running, it displays its icon in the system tray. The system tray is the area in the taskbar that also displays the system clock. If AceText is running and you don’t see the icon, click the < button next to the icons you see next to the system clock. This reveals all the icons that Windows is hiding. Use the mouse to drag AceText’s icon onto the taskbar to make it permanently visible while AceText is running.
The icon indicates the mode that AceText is in:
AceText is running, but is not in a special mode.
This icon flashes once when you use the Copy Clip to Clipboard or Copy Text command.
This icon flashes once to indicate the ClipHistory has captured the text that another application just copied to the clipboard.
This icon flashes once to indicate the ClipHistory captured text that another application just copied to the clipboard and merged it with the previously captured clip.
This icon flashes once to indicate the ClipHistory captured text that another application just copied to the clipboard and split it into multiple clips.
This icon flashes once when you press the AcePure hotkey to indicate that AceText removed all clipboard formats except plain text from the Windows clipboard..
AcePaste mode. Double-clicking a clip sends it to the application from which you activated AcePaste. Press the Escape key on the keyboard to cancel AcePaste.
AceType mode. Type in an AceType abbreviation to send a clip to the application from which you activated AceType. Press the Escape key on the keyboard to cancel AceType.
AceEdit mode. Press Ctrl+Enter or the AceEdit hotkey to send the text you’re editing on the Clipboard tab back to the originating application. Press the Escape key on the keyboard to cancel AceEdit.
SequencePaste Up mode. Pressing the AcePaste hotkey automatically pastes the active clip, and activate the clip above it in the collection.
SequencePaste Down mode. Pressing the AcePaste hotkey automatically pastes the active clip, and activate the clip below it in the collection.
Click the AceText tray icon with the left mouse button to make AceText appear. Click it with the right mouse button to show the tray icon menu. The menu offers the following commands:
New Collection
Open Collection