For idiots, perhaps, but you need to be a wizard to find out how to adjust the settings, or heaven forbid, turn them off. Numbered lists you never asked for, paragraph format carried over, or pasted in, indenting you don't want, styles you can't understand, it goes on. I suspect it is all to show just how much Microsoft does for you.

And despite all of this, there is no way to store clipboard contents for future use!

"And despite all of this, there is no way to store clipboard contents for future use!"

I do this by making new docs in that particular directory titled "Notes-XXXXDate.doc" "Notes-EptifAEs121610" Then just dump the clipboard there for future use as many times as you fill it.