The invention relates to a multi-purpose hand-held device comprising a first component (1) and a second component (2) which are connected together in a pivotably displaceable manner around an axis (3) and which can be displaced between a first position, wherein they form together an elongate body, and a second position, wherein they form an open space for material which is to be stapled. One component (1) comprises a staple magazine (4) and an upper part (10) with a staple pusher (5) and the other component (2) comprises an anvil (6). A roll meter strip (23) with a winding axis (24) thereof parallel to the axis (3) is arranged in the body adjacent thereto and can be pulled out from the front side of the body adjacent to the axis.