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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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Anonymous
2023-04-26T19:50:54+00:00 -
Anonymous
2023-04-26T18:36:13+00:00 FYI. I found this unresolved discussion at Mozilla https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/outlook-com-right-click-paste-and-copy-not-available/td-p/29088
Speedynix states "The only way I can get it to work is using Shift-Right click..."
Shift-Right Click is now my workaround.
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Anonymous
2023-04-26T18:28:19+00:00 You have been very helpful, Keera!! I should have done more research. Copy and Paste both appear in the right-click context menu in Edge. Under "Permissions for this site", Clipboard is set to "Ask (default)" for the Paste function. It can be set to Allow, Block, or Ask. Sorry for sounding upset with you. I was upset with Microsoft because the paste function disappeared from the right-click context menu when using Firefox, but maybe I should be upset with Firefox because the problem is on their end? I prefer to use Firefox so I'll muddle along until Paste reappears. It's not the end of the world. Thank you!
No worries. I understand your frustration. It's hard when they make so many changes and updates all the time and it seems like they can't get the simple things right anymore.
I tend to bounce between Chrome and Firefox, depending on what I'm doing. Certain things work better in one or the other, so I will often switch between them when I'm using specific websites. It seems to be working okay on Chrome, but I have Microsoft 365, I don't have Hotmail.
Good luck! :)
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Anonymous
2023-04-26T18:23:50+00:00 FYI. I tried my Gmail account via Firefox. There is nothing missing from the right-click context menu.
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Anonymous
2023-04-26T18:11:17+00:00 You have been very helpful, Keera!! I should have done more research. Copy and Paste both appear in the right-click context menu in Edge. Under "Permissions for this site", Clipboard is set to "Ask (default)" for the Paste function. It can be set to Allow, Block, or Ask. Sorry for sounding upset with you. I was upset with Microsoft because the paste function disappeared from the right-click context menu when using Firefox, but maybe I should be upset with Firefox because the problem is on their end? I prefer to use Firefox so I'll muddle along until Paste reappears. It's not the end of the world. Thank you!