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Copy/paste no longer working in Excel
Sometime in the last few months the copy/paste function within Excel (Office 365 version) stopped working for me. I have updated Windows and all Office apps to the latest version but that hasn't fix...
- I’d recommend that everyone having thus issue goes to File > Feedback and send a frown, putting your details in the section and start it [Can’t Copy Paste]
Also what version is everyone in who’s having this problem ? File > Account
It will read something like
Semi Annual Channel
Build 1234.567
I have been having the same problem sporadically. For me, the problem is when I try to copy text in MSWord, and paste it to EXCEL, or vice versa. But I think it's the same underlying problem. For some reason, EXCEL hangs onto what ever was previously in the clipboard, instead of updating it with the new stuff you've copied. For you, it was a bracket in the previous clipboard. I found a solution that worked for me, on another site. See if this works for you, or anyone else with this issue:
in EXCEL, under the "file" tab, go into "options", and then "general", and UNCLICK THE BOX "enable live preview". It worked for me, and it's a pretty innocuous change to try.
Greg
