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Techroadie
Brass Contributor
Sep 05, 2017

Copy and paste from Excel to SharePoint One list not working

Hi everyone,   Since this week we are not able to copy and paste from Excel sheet to SharePoint Online List, my customer was used to copy and paste many lines of Excel to a List in one step but now...
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rayvbtas
Copper Contributor
Jun 06, 2022

Also looking for help on this issue. IE officially no longer works, and apparently there are no solutions for some key functionality like this and opening in Windows Explorer? 

  • Moniquehitt's avatar
    Moniquehitt
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 06, 2022

    Hi there! Just last week my team discovered that you can add the Internet Explorer mode onto Edge and when you work in this mode cut and paste works.

    To add the IE Mode, go to Settings in Edge and in the search put in Internet Explorer mode. Scroll down and you will see the Internet Explorer mode option and you can slide it on. Once on, you should see an icon that looks like a little page with an “e” on it on your Edge Browser on the left upper corner once you close  the browser and reopen it.  Hope that works for you as it did for me! 

    • ScottLien's avatar
      ScottLien
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 26, 2023

      Cut and Paste should mean exactly that!  It is absolutely RIDICULOUS and UNACCEPTABLE that one of the most fundamental, primary functions like Cut and Paste doesn't work?  Most of the time it won't copy, many times it pastes so previous value that was used hours ago, or it just sits there and does nothing. WHY ON EARTH WOULD THIS BE REMOVED?  Someone must think this is funny, it's not, it's infuriating.  Why keep making the products you offer less and less functional? We're asking simple questions and the answers we're getting back are like you're completely oblivious.  Here's my Feedback: Fix Cut and Paste and stop playing games, we have work to do.  Look how long this thread has been going on and it hasn't given you enough reason to fix it yet?  Who's making these decisions, maybe it's time you hire people that don't dumb-down their products or make the harder to use everyday

      • Marenke520's avatar
        Marenke520
        Copper Contributor
        Aug 08, 2023

        I definitely hear what you are saying. It took me several failed attempts with the Modern version  and deep breaths before I gave Classic a try.

         

        I was able to paste from Excel to a SharePoint Online list in Classic view.  And once in Classic, it took a moment to figure out I had to click on the pencil icon to get the copied content to paste correctly in the list.

         

        At this point just grateful it can be done. I have a decade of content to paste from an Access table!

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