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Jon Firooz
Copper Contributor
Oct 03, 2017
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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...
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  • Wyn Hopkins's avatar
    Wyn Hopkins
    Mar 11, 2018
    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
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Andrew Daehn
Copper Contributor
Feb 25, 2018

I have had this same issue in all Microsoft Office products, and I just had the same issue happen in OpenOffice Draw! It seems to happen with a document that I have been editing over and over again. Opening a new document does not seem to help the issue.

  • Robert Kafka's avatar
    Robert Kafka
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 02, 2018

    Hi all,

     

    I had this same issue and was disappointed to get to the bottom of the page with no answer. 

     

    However, upon saving & closing the most recent workbook I was working on, the copy paste functionality was restored in the new sheet I was working on that lost the ability to copy/paste.

     

    This is really frustrating, but I think all we need to do is be a bit more organized and not leave workbooks open that we're not working on. That's my new protocol anyway. Hope this helps.

     

     

    • Daniel Bennett's avatar
      Daniel Bennett
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 04, 2018

      I have found the problem with copying from Excel cloud and to a local MAC screen i.e. a multi cell with a value to say notes.

       

      The solution which is not one, but highlights the issue, is that you can double click on a value in Excel and copy from the bar, as below and it works 😩 but if I try and access and copy directly from the CELL it does not work at all, which is the existing problem. Not really a workaround, but does highlight what is going on !!

       

      • David_Reichard's avatar
        David_Reichard
        Copper Contributor
        Dec 12, 2022

        Daniel Bennett 

        Thanks for the work around, Daniel. Works for me! Funny (?) thing is that I was having this problem in Libre Office and it appears to have been reported for years. It just started for me in Libre Office a few months ago. So I switched to Office 365 and same problem! My guess is it's not an Libre Office or 365 issue but some underlying issue with the way Windows handles copy & paste.

        I haven't dug real deep, but in Libre Office the issue seems to happen when I copy something outside LO and try to paste it into LO. LO seems to hang on to the last item successfully pasted and not refresh with a more recent paste from Windows. 365 behaves the same for me. 

        Unlike the topic of this thread, I can copy/paste OK within 365 (or within LO). Hope this information is useful.

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