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by naikrovek 1468 days ago
no, it's that what you believe to be in your clipboard is not actually in your clipboard, and Word is asking if you want to have that data after it closes and can no longer populate the clipboard.

it has nothing to do with clearing memory.. clearing memory for anticipated use isn't really a thing ever since virtual memory became a thing. (memory isn't prepared for use until after an application actually tries to use it.)