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Copper Contributor

Dec 11, 2017

Paste using enter key no longer available

Hi I've used Excel for years and always used the Enter key for pasting data Recently the enter key stopped performing the paste funtion on a couple of machines, just drops one line instead, s...

Copper Contributor

Jun 11, 2018

Richard,

I've started having the same issue over the past couple months. I'm like you, I'm very used to doing it this way and it is very frustrating when this functionality seizes to work. I'm curious, did you ever find the cause or a fix?

Peter Matheson

Copper Contributor

Jun 11, 2018

Hey There,

I removed office 365, shut down the computer and reinstalled office 365... Hey presto it worked... Maybe just luck but it's solved for me, touch wood... I wish you and everyone else good luck in the quest for solving this mystery.

With regards

Richard Lukins
Copper Contributor
Jul 01, 2018
Sadly the issue appears random, and while not re-installed, the feature appears to come and go, unrelated to any key press combinations I've tried.
There was a key press combo that seemed to work on one PC but not help the other, and then later when the issue recurred on that machine it had no impact, so all a bit random.
While so people say the feature causes issues with specific code entry or the like, that sure should mean that an option can and should be EXPLICITLY setup in the preferences to ensure they can opt out of the historic and very useful shortcut that many users have utilized without any issues for tens of years.

Please fix this, or add an option in preferences and make the behavior repeatable and predictable, controlled by the user not some random set of issues.

Anyone able to confirm a key combo to toggle the operation please feel free to share!
thanks
Richard