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If you are copying formaed text, some of the data is text and some of the data is formaing information. If
you copy a large amount of formaed text or text and an image, when you aempt to paste the text and
image, you might see some or all the plain text but no formaing or image. The reason is that the three types
of data is sometimes stored separately. For example, depending on the type of document you are copying
from, images might be stored as images or as RTF data.
If the text and RTF data together use less than maximum clipboard size, the formaed text is pasted. Often
the RTF data cannot be truncated, so that if the text and formaing use more than the maximum clipboard
size amount, the RTF data is discarded, and plain text is pasted.
If you are unable to paste all the formaed text and images you selected in one operation, you might need to
copy and paste smaller amounts in each operation.
You cannot copy and paste les between a remote desktop and the le system on your client computer.
Configuring the Client Clipboard Memory Size
In Horizon 7 version 7.0.1 and later and Horizon Client 4.1 and later, the clipboard memory size is
congurable for both the server and the client.
When a PCoIP or VMware Blast session is established, the server sends its clipboard memory size to the
client. The eective clipboard memory size is the lesser of the server and client clipboard memory size
values.
To set the clipboard memory size, modify the Windows registry value HKLM\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware
VDPService\Plugins\MKSVchan\ClientClipboardSize. The value type is REG_DWORD. The value is specied
in KB. If you specify 0 or do not specify a value, the default client clipboard memory size is 8192 KB (8 MB).
A large clipboard memory size can negatively aect performance, depending on your network. VMware
recommends that you do not set the clipboard memory size to a value greater than 16 MB.
Using Remote Applications
Remote applications look and feel like applications that are installed on your client PC or laptop.
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You can minimize and maximize a remote application through the application. When a remote
application is minimized, it appears in the taskbar of your client system. You can also minimize and
maximize the remote application by clicking its icon in the taskbar.
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You can quit a remote application through the application or by right-clicking its icon in the taskbar.
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You can press Alt+Tab to switch between open remote applications.
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If a remote application creates a Windows System Tray item, that item also appears in the system tray
on your Windows client computer. By default, the system tray icons only appear to show notications,
but you can customize this behavior just as you do with natively installed applications.
N If you open the Control Panel to customize the notication area icons, the names of the icons for
remote applications are listed as VMware Horizon Client - application name.
Saving Documents in a Remote Application
With certain remote applications, such as Microsoft Word or WordPad, you can create and save documents.
Where these documents are saved depends on your company's network environment. For example, your
documents might be saved to a home share mounted on your local computer.
Administrators can use an ADMX template le to set a group policy that species where documents are
saved. This policy is called Set Remote Desktop Services User Home Directory. For more information, see
the Conguring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application
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