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dostrower
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Jan 11, 2021

Keyboard Shortcuts Not Working

In Office for Mac desktop applications (e.g PPT v16.4.4) my keyboard shortcuts have suddenly become non-functional. For example, command-C does not copy, command-V does not paste. They are all "greyed out" in the menus (see image). I am running macOS 11.1 on 16" MacBook Pro.

 

Anyone know a) why this is happening and b) how to turn them back on? I've done searching but have come up empty

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  • David_Jones600's avatar
    David_Jones600
    Copper Contributor

    dostrower 

     

    I am having exactly the same problem. Powerpoint was working fine until recently, but over the past few days the keyboard short cuts (cut, paste, save, close, etc.) are grey and non-functional. This is a big pain. I don't think this was associated with any obvious updates to Office or Mac OS -- it seems out of the blue.

    • John_2335's avatar
      John_2335
      Copper Contributor

      I also have this poblem.

      Normally a restart of PowerPoint solves it.

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