Paste function no longer works in Outlook email (web version)

Anonymous
2022-10-18T08:13:22+00:00

Hi,

I've been using copy and paste frequently in my work Outlook account for almost two years without any issues.

The other day I found I could no longer paste text into the email body. It doesn't matter where it's from, and copy works fine, just not paste.

What happened just prior to this was a window popped up saying something about allow or block pasting from clipboard, but I didn't read it properly and clicked block, and suddenly it wouldn't let me paste anything (unsurprisingly... just I'd never seen that pop-up before so it caught me off guard and I didn't know if it was genuine)

Anyway, I closed the app and reopened it and tried again. This time the pop-up appeared again and I clicked 'allow' and thought it was all fine.

It still wouldn't allow me to paste, so I closed the app again, reopened it, and it was working, which it continued to do all day.

The next day (yesterday) I opened it as usual, no pop-up, but it wouldn't let me paste. Now if I click on paste, the options box just hangs there and doesn't disappear, and it still won't let me paste.

The only thing I can think is there was an update the other day and I wonder if there's a bug in the new version.

Does anyone know how I can revert to a prior version perhaps? I really need this function for work, it's disabling without it.

Many thanks.

ETA: I've just tried using ctrl+shift+v and that allows me to paste. So this is something to do with Outlook itself I think. But I have a workaround for the time being, if that helps anyone with the same issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-08T22:37:53+00:00

    What do you use? Probably the same issue in Edge. Don't know about other browsers but I wouldn't be surprised to see that they've implemented similar security measures. Hunt around the settings for whatever browser you are using.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-08T12:53:29+00:00

    I don't use Chrome

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T01:49:35+00:00

    OMG that worked. Finally. Thank you, Wayne.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T22:10:37+00:00

    I think the Chrome update just happened a few days ago. Never had this issue before... popped up when I setup a new client and was attempting to test OWA for them.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T21:57:15+00:00

    Thanks Wayne Herbert for the clarity. Just weird (to me) how it was working then quit working. Must have been an update or something.

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