Problem with copy & paste in Excel 2010

Anonymous
2012-03-16T10:47:34+00:00

I am running Excel 2010 on Windows 7. I am having a problem with the cut and paste command. This has worked OK for the few months I have been using the program, but the paste options have suddenly stopped working properly.  When I click on paste special, the only options shown are unicode text or text, with no explanation. When I copy and paste formulas, e. g. autosum,  it is not applying them properly to the selected cells, or it is just pasting the values of the copied cells. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Office Home and Business 2010, but the problem is still there. Any ideas?

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HansV 462.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2012-04-11T19:23:19+00:00

Skype has released an updated version of the Click to Call browser add-on that should be free of the problem mentioned above.

If you want it, go to http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/click-to-call/windows/ and click Download Now.

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For more information on this issue, please see the following sticky:

Text loses formatting when I use Cut, Copy, Paste, Paste Special or Format Painter in Excel

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-05-12T12:11:11+00:00

    I have had the same problem in Excel and Word, and using Ctl+C for copy, if the selected are had dotted lines around then all copy functions worked, if it was just a solid line, then just a simple paste was available, not the paste special. Occassionally, holding down these keys to flush out the cache also worked, but that also caused the program to close. My system is W7 Enterprise 32 bit, with IE9 and Google Chrome, Office 2010.

    Uninstalling Skype Click to Call seems to have solved the problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-04-28T17:51:53+00:00

    Thanks a lot!! That solved the issue for me in jiffy :-)

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  3. HansV 462.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2012-04-25T15:57:21+00:00

    The problem is/was not with Skype itself, but with the Skype Click to Call browser add-on.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-04-25T15:35:00+00:00

    I forgot to mention, that I use Skype everyday, and still do, w/out any issues.

    I've been having this issue for about 3 - 4 weeks, and have finally narrowed it down to IE9 - in fact, it started around the time that windows updated IE to 9.  I've switched my default browser to Chrome and hid all shortcuts to IE9 2 days ago, and have not had the issue again.

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