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Jon Firooz
Oct 03, 2017Copper Contributor
Copy/paste no longer working in Excel
Sometime in the last few months the copy/paste function within Excel (Office 365 version) stopped working for me. I have updated Windows and all Office apps to the latest version but that hasn't fix...
- Mar 11, 2018I’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
Jon Firooz
Copper Contributor
Correct, I don't think that's the case. I'm not getting an error that the clipboard is locked and the clipboard still functions correctly. ex. if I edit a comment I can select text, copy, and paste it inside or outside of excel just like I can select a formula in a cell and copy/paste it. I just can't copy/paste a cell.
JKPieterse
Oct 09, 2017Silver Contributor
Any chance your keyboard has a problem? e.g. if the Escape key is pressed, the clipboard is emptied in Excel when a cell is copied, but not if you copy the text of a comment.
- Jon FiroozOct 11, 2017Copper Contributor
Sorry for the delayed response, for some reason I didn't get a notification about another post so I just saw it when I came back and checked manually.
It's definitely not a keyboard issue. I have the same problem at home and at work and regardless of whether I'm using a docking station with external keyboard or built-in laptop keyboard.
Any other ideas? Excel is basically worthless if you can't copy and paste cells.