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Copy/paste no longer working in Excel
- 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 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.
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.
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 !!
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.
OK, guys none of these fixes worked for me. This just started for me today. In too different instances. When I copy the formula into another cell from another spreadsheet, the formula shows, but the result in the result from the cell I copied it from. he only that has worked is by going to insert function in each cell to "activate" the formula. I can't do this for hundreds of rows. How did I break Excel and what can I do to fix it?
- 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
