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Odd pasting of things as images
This just started on specific page of one specific workbook, but now happening on completely new workbook. If I select a cell and copy and paste it puts it as an image in the cell. If I right click to paste I dont get the usual choices of test, formula, format etc I just get paste picture in cell or paste (which pastes an image) I've done a full reinstall and now it seems to be alternating between normal copy and copy as image if I do Ctrl C. The clipboard shows an image and then text in the history. I've disabled all com addins except dropbox. Driving me nuts as been getting slowly worse over last few months. Any ideas appreciated
HELP WITH EXCEL
Struggling to do a simple transition in Excel if anyone can give some advice: I have 3 items I need to run up & down instead of across... is there any easy way ??? So I need the Name and two of the xx Boxes to run from top to bottom... I did the first two but I did them cell by cell.... is there a formula that will take the entire thing and create what I need? Adriana Zaragoza Lopez Alejandro J Escobedo Alyssa Christina Amber H McCord Ana C DePaz xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx Adriana Zaragoza Lopez xx xx Alejandro J Escobedo xx xxAccess VBA performance dramatically slowed since June Update
We are running an access based application with a large vba project. One customer with four different instances of this project experience extreme slow down in performance on all instances during the last week. We made no changes. The Microsoft Office Update was applied automatically. We believe the problem happened then. We have tried reverting to several different previous versions of Office but symptoms still remain.
Word Templates Opening Multiple Times
Recently upgraded some templates from Word 2010 and 2003 (yeah, I know) to 2016 and 365 with, frankly, disappointing results. :o/ Since 2003 we've been using a pair of macros to merge some smaller files, doing some automated and manual clean up then running another macro that saves them back to the individual files. BUT, in 2016 and 365 when the macro creates a new document with the very basic command like this: Set NewDoc = Documents.add TemplateName.dotm A new document is created with the template attached, but as soon as it's saved, THE TEMPLATE IS NO LONGER ATTACHED! The only way to get the template to stay attached is to give the full path of the template, which then opens (inexplicably) a second version of the template. There are time when Word gives messages during macros that the template is read-only when a new document is created based on the template. Isn't that kind of the whole purpose of a template? To create similar documents based on, gosh, well, a TEMPLATE?! Is this all new "security" (and I use the term lightly) measures? Does anyone know if there is a way to make the "modern" versions of Word work like to the "good 'ol days" where templates just worked and Word didn't open multiple versions of the same template file and give read-only messages? With the help of a network admin we've done everything we could think of to try and convince Word that various network drives are "safe." Sorry for the snark, but it is immensely frustrating that code we've relied on 20 years all of a sudden doesn't work. Thanks for any ideas or insights. Best, -Ken
How to edit an embedded textbox
Years ago I made an invoice form (actually I used an Excel template and modified it) that has an embedded text box containing 3 lines: address, city - state - zip, and a phone number. I want to change the phone number, but for the life of me I can't remember how I entered the info to begin with, nor can I figure out how to edit it. When I click on it the address bar reads =EMBED("Forms.TextBox.1", ""). Can anyone please tell me how to change the phone number in this textbox? This has gotten very frustrating. Thanks in advance.sum function with text
total noob here... after a quick search, i didn't find anything on this... i want to do a sum formula, but i also want to add text to the cell after the sum is completed. is there a way to add this to the formula? do i just do the sum formula, then go back and add the text to the box or will that throw an error? do i just add the text to the cell next to the formula? thanks in advance!
How can I remove the shortcuts with AltGr?
Guys, I have to use a new keyboard (Greek one) for some academic research and some accents conflicts with the AltGr + shortcuts. There's a way that I can just remove them all? I've tried to find and remove the shortcuts for Add a New Commentary (AltGr + A) and the topic structure (AltGr + o) but I can't find them in the list of shortcuts (Options > keyboard shortcuts > Personalize) I really need that ;(Restrict Editing of styles, allow new breaks, TOCs, etc.
I've restricted editing to a selection of styles in my Word template. This, however, also restricts some key essential functions, for example, you can't add in a new Table of Contents or add in page or section breaks. Is there any way to just limit the Font and Table styles, while allowing everything else?
Excel worksheet protected but can't use text to column function
HI I have a worksheet that several people use that I need to protect. There are formulas and a pivot table. I have been able to lock what I need and am able to refresh the pivot table but I can not use the "text to column" function in the raw data as its greyed out. The area in question are not locked cells but the function is still unavailable. We need to be able to use the text to column function but I also need the sheet locked to protect the formulas.Using Graph Delta Queries with Entra ID Groups
Delta queries are a Microsoft Graph mechanism to allow applications to query resources to find objects that have changed since a baseline was established. The technique is most useful for applications that need to synchronize a local store with online content. It’s not an appropriate method to use for reporting changes to Entra ID groups because knowing that an object changed doesn’t mean much by itself. https://office365itpros.com/2026/06/25/graph-delta-queries-entra-id-groups/Chart plotting values in wrong place according to axis?
I have this chart in excel that is being produced from a table in another tab in the same workbook. It has simple date in one column and values in another. When I hover over the plots for the MailChimp line the value displays correctly (e.g. 1344 in the screengrab for 25/6/26 datapoint) but the plot is between 2500 and 3000 on the graph according to the axis. This isn't happening for any other lines on the graph for any other values, only for the Mailchimp line. Any ideas how I can rectify this or what could be going wrong?
Unable to access Global Admin, username not recognised, need tenant recovery billing active
Unable to access Global Admin account for Microsoft 365 tenant. Username not recognised and I need tenant recovery. Billing is still active. I am the billing owner of a Microsoft 365 Business subscription for yutoriacupuncture.com.au but I have lost access to all Global Admin accounts. The original admin account email is returning “username may be incorrect”. No other admin or business emails are recognised. I have a business email associated with the admin account i can still log into. I recently briefly cancelled and reinstated my domain which may have affected tenant linkage. I also recently joined a university Microsoft 365 organisation which may be affecting sign-in routing? I have tried login.microsoftonline.com, admin.microsoft.com, password resets, and incognito browsers with no success. I have tried contacting support via phone and email but keeps cutting out, saying it can't identity me, or sends me into a loop hole with the support chat bot. I need Microsoft to escalate this to tenant recovery or Data Protection team to restore Global Admin access using billing and domain ownership verification.Welcome to the Excel Community
The Excel Community is a place we've built for all of you. You can learn more about how to do something with Excel, discuss your work, and connect with experts that build and use the product. With over half a billion Excel customers, we want to engage with you in fundamentally different ways and the community is a starting point for that. Our community helps answer your product questions with responses from other knowledgeable community members. We love hearing feedback and feature requests from you which helps us build the best version of Excel ever. If you have found an outage or a bug please post at our Answers forum. We look forward to getting to know you! Sangeeta Mudnal & Olaf Hubel on behalf of the Excel TeamMicrosoft 365 Outlook Classic Latest Update Copilot issues
Hello to all, we are currently using the Microsoft 365 Outlook Classic, using version Version 2604 Build 16.0.19929.20172 (Current Channel) Copilot works as expected; However ever since the next update was released (Version 2605 (Build 20026.20076)) some users including me, have been getting the below error: I have tried uninstalling and installing the latest version directly, with the same issue. Scanned for any corrupted system files with no issues,but still get the error; I have tried the update Licence from the Outlook application, with no issues but the copilot something went wrong error keeps on persisting. Internet searches are very vague and the I have found some registry suggestions which I have also tried with no solution. The only way to get Copilot working on Outlook Classic was to revert to a previous working version, only then Copilot works as expected. This only happens in Outlook Classic; Copilot works fine on the latest version of Microsoft Office 365 with Word, Excel, etc. For those that maybe might ask why not switch to the New Outlook, we have had issues with it and it has been recommended to use the Classic Outlook for the time being. Has anyone been experiencing such issues please? Thanks for any help.
FraudThrottle Block SP/OD - 2+ Months Unresolved - Cases #2604230040009484, #2605260040000004
Summary: My organization's SharePoint and OneDrive access has been completely blocked for over 2 months due to a FraudThrottle flag. This is a production-blocking issue that standard SMB support has been unable to resolve despite two open support cases. Details: - SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business are entirely inaccessible across the tenant - No downloads, uploads, or sync operations work - The block is caused by a FraudThrottle security flag triggered on our M365 E5 Developer trial subscription (purchased directly from Microsoft, not via CSP) - Support has confirmed the FraudThrottle block but has been unable to escalate or resolve it - The subscription status shows Active, but the FraudThrottle flag overrides access Cases: - Case #2604230040009484 (original) - Case #2605260040000004 (follow-up) What I Need: Escalation to the FraudThrottle/Identity protection engineering team to review and clear the false-positive block on our tenant. Standard support tiers have exhausted their ability to resolve this. Has anyone else experienced a similar FraudThrottle block on a dev/trial subscription? Any suggestions on how to expedite escalation to engineering? Thank you.Lost Backup with Microsoft Authenticator
Hello, I lost the phone where I had set up 2FA using Microsoft Authenticator for this email address. I had previously enabled cloud backup and have now tried to restore it to a new phone by carefully following the correct backup and recovery process. However, some very valuable and critical 2FA accounts are still missing and were not restored.Office 2019 Home & Business for Mac – activation after erased old Mac
Hello, I own a perpetual Office 2019 Home & Business for Mac license, linked to my Microsoft account on 6 February 2022. The old MacBook where Office was activated was completely erased before being sold. I now need to activate Office on a new MacBook, but Word and Excel say that no license was found. Microsoft support told me that the license is limited to one device and cannot be reset. I understand the one-device limitation and confirm that Office is no longer installed or used on the old Mac. Could someone confirm whether a retail Office 2019 Home & Business for Mac license can be transferred to a replacement Mac after the old Mac has been erased? If yes, what is the correct activation or deactivation procedure when the original Mac is no longer available? The product is visible under Services & subscriptions in my Microsoft account. Thank you.MS FORM NOT RECIEVING EMAIL TO SAY RESPONSE SUBMITTED
Hi i have a colleague who has an MS Form, the form lives in a group and the option of get email response when form is submitted is selected, there is no email getting created, we have unticked box, come out od the form and responded, went back into form and turned on get email response back on, but those responses are not being received. this form was functioning fine up to last thursday. the form has not been moved or renamed and its only received 350 submissions. can anyone offer any thoughts please
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