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title: Introduction
framework: cocoa
role: article
path: apple-archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/PasteboardGuide106/Introduction
---

# Introduction

Explains how to transfer data using pasteboard operations in Cocoa.

## Organization of This Document

This document contains the following articles:

- [Getting Started with Pasteboards](../Articles/pbGettingStarted.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008150-SW1) - [Pasteboard Concepts](../Articles/pbConcepts.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008101-SW1) - [Copying to a Pasteboard](../Articles/pbCopying.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008102-SW1) - [Reading from a Pasteboard](../Articles/pbReading.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008123-SW1) - [Custom Data](../Articles/pbCustom.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008122-SW1) - [Integrating with OS X v10.5 and Earlier](../Articles/pbUpdating105.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008140-SW1)

[Next](../Articles/pbGettingStarted.html)

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