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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 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.