Right click paste not working in Outlook 365

Anonymous
2023-01-25T21:13:46+00:00

I am operating Office 365 email on Windows 10.

When I compose an email, the program will allow me to right click and copy words. But it will not allow me to right click and paste words. It gives me only the option to paste an emoji.

I also cannot find the paste icon at the top of Microsoft 365 to use that function.

I tried to upload a screenshot but it won't go through.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-04-26T12:31:35+00:00

    Doesn't work for me. I'm using Firefox. There's no lock icon anywhere in the window, or elsewhere on the screen. No settings for this anywhere in the program either. Also, and I stated this before, I only have this issue with my office 365 mail. My live mail hasn't had this problem. This is defiantly something Microsoft did. It's been this way for so long, I doubt if anyone there cares or wants to resolve the problem.

    I'm with you on this, John. I use Firefox and Edge on a PC running Windowes 11 to access my Outlook e-mail on the web (outlook.live.com/mail/). There is no lock icon on the upper left of the browser window or anywhere else I can see. Perhaps it is visible if using a different operating system or a device like an android or other smartphone?? This thread is supposed to be about the right-click context menu lacking a paste option rather than access or permission to access the clipboard. In any event, I have access to the clipboard in the right-click context menu because I am allowed to Copy. The problem is Paste is missing from that context menu. Microsoft should fix this. Why have Copy and not have Paste? Copy and Paste have been the Yin and Yang of editing for decades.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-04-26T08:09:21+00:00

    Keera Jordan - amazing! Thank you! All sorted. :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-04-22T19:27:25+00:00

    I can't copy and paste links from the browser to an email or copy text from email to another email. This is a major glitch that needs to be fixed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-04-14T09:52:40+00:00

    I have the same problem. Fixed it once after a found a reply that involved going into Advanced Settings but cannot find the post anymore. The problem has come back again - after doing a Microsoft update yesterday. The problem occurred the first time after a previous Microsoft update.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-04-21T12:16:00+00:00

    same problem today. They try all this fancy stuff and muck up the basics all the time

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