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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
Open notepad or an email or probably anything else with some text in it , press Ctrl A, Ctrl C, then Ctrl V. then go back to Excel and Copy and Paste will be working again !
I am only trying to copy and paste from Notepad and Notepad++ and it's not working. When I paste from Notepad to other programs (Word, Browser, etc.) it works fine, it only happens in Excel.
- The Ctrl A, Ctrl C, then Ctrl V worked for me!!! Thx so much.
The Ctrl A, Ctrl C, then Ctrl V worked for me!!! Thx so much.
I am sorry, but this guidance is so unhelpful it is kind of unbelievable. Of course Ctrl+A, C, V worked for you -- because you are not experiencing the issue!!
Suggest the moderator delete these duplicate responses.
Amazing. This worked for me. I had the copy and paste problem starting just recently. I open a blank excel file, type something in a cell, copy and then try to paste the cell elsewhere on the same sheet. After a few seconds excel is gone, closed down. I tried many of the solutions offered but nothing works. I even uninstalled office and reinstalled it. Same problem. I was skeptical whether this would work but after opening a blank TextPad file, typing something in it, then selecting it and pasting it twice back in the same file, the excel file was able to copy and paste. Does this show the problem has something to do with the clipboard?
Now when I try to duplicate it, it doesn't work any more. So strange.
