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
    2023-03-02T18:49:19+00:00

    Why change something that is so simple like right click to something else? Please fix this issue so a person can just use the mouse like any other program. Control+V takes longer and is totally unnecessary Always changing things to make it better they say. Right click copy and past works on this on this web site right now, so why not haveiit work in outlook like it always did before?

    I don't think this was an intentional change made. I think they broke the function when something else was added or fixed. The problem should be at least acknowledged and looked into on their end. No one at Microsoft seems to care.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-02T18:32:33+00:00

    Why change something that is so simple like right click to something else? Please fix this issue so a person can just use the mouse like any other program. Control+V takes longer and is totally unnecessary Always changing things to make it better they say. Right click copy and past works on this on this web site right now, so why not haveiit work in outlook like it always did before?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-21T13:42:34+00:00

    I'm having this and other problems with the Outlook Web right-click context menu. MS made changes recently which I first noticed when trying to delete a row in a table. Delete Row used to be directly accessible with right-click but is now in a drop-down. Similarly, both copy and paste used to be directly accessible with right-click but now only copy appears and paste is nowhere to be seen in any menu. This forces users to resort to Ctrl+V to paste. The only way I can find Paste is to switch to text from HTML.

    Please fix this problem Microsoft and have a long chat with the MS staff members who devised this "enhancement" to the UI.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-02T18:00:20+00:00

    Under Settings -> General -> Accessibility, selecting "Turn off keyboard shortcuts" seems to temporarily allow me to paste with the right-click option. However, even when I save this setting, it seems to be automatically reverting to the "Outlook" keyboard shortcuts shortly after.

    I personally prefer using the right-click "Paste" option to the "Ctrl+V" option. If anyone comes across a more permanent fix, please let me know. Thanks!

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-27T06:16:33+00:00

    My college account and my work account have also experienced same symptom, but not personal one. After copied something and right click, only option "Emoji", Copy and Cut (greyed out) in message box.

    Sharepoint link attached in email also works abnormally. It prompts another O365 tab. Workaround is right click and select "Open link in New Tab".

    My O365 is opened from browsers. It has been happening since 25/1. Believe error from MS account. Did anyone from MS aware?

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