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In form or report design view, cannot paste objects
I've had this problem for months and found it to be random when it allows me to paste a control or not. I check that I'm on the latest release frequently, so this has not become a problem in any of the recent versions. It's been there for a long time.
What is see when I check Windows + V is that there is nothing in the clipboard after I do Ctrl + X or C, nor using the mouse right click, so clearly something is going wrong in the copy/cut operation.
Thanks. Glad to know I am not going crazy. What you describe is very much what I have. You click "Copy" or Ctrl + C and hope that the Paste icon is highlighted. Occasionally it is. ("Yay") but usually it is not. It takes substantially more time to create reports and forms for me.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-the-office-clipboard-028903c7-66ea-4eb0-b0a1-bacdb952e3a1Have you tried to see if the Office Clipboard is possibly interfering with the Windows Clipboard?
Do you have additional software like PowerToys or DevToys installed, by chance?
Have you attempted a separate/alternate login to Windows with/without O365 Business or Microsoft account?
I have a feeling it might have snuck in during an "improvement", but don't quote me on that.
I did not know there was a difference between Windows and Office clipboards.
I do not have PowerToys or DevToys, but I do have Total Visual Code Tools, but I have tested with it active and inactive, and there was no difference.
When I tried to copy an Access button, I got the message "Item not Collected: Format no supported by Office Clipboard". I know I have copied buttons between forms before without that message popping up. One interesting observation is that while copy does not work whatever method I use, the message only pops up if I use right mouse click and chose copy.
