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PowerPoint will not allow me to paste anything into a slide. I have tried text into a text box, shapes, entire slides. It allows me to copy or cut, but when I try to paste it is greyed out or does nothing when I use Command+V on my MacBook Pro. I am running Office 2011 Home & Student and copy and paste work fine in Word and Xcel. I have tried to reinstall the software and that didn.t help either... Any ideas?
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You are a genius- thank you!!! The cntrl D worked- how simple!!! (I'm a Windows 10 user)
Can't thank you enough!!
This is an issue with PowerPoint. It sometimes happens when you have outlook open - I have experienced it other times too
after a Ctrl +c or Ctrl+ V
click the space bar twice - then Ctrl +V works
Wish Microsoft would fix this issue
Another in the "small" community - this started happening after I updated my OS to El Capitan. So seems to be a problem for you microsoft guys - Im headed for Keynote
Tracey,
I've looked back through this thread and I don't see anyone who is a Microsoft employee. They would have a badge that said, "Microsoft". Everyone who has contributed to this thread are user's of the product, just like you. A few others, like myself, have a badge labeled "MVP," which is an award given by Microsoft for our willingness to share our product expertise with others in the community.
If I've missed the point of your statement you'll have to explain more what you are trying to say.
Hi,
Forget trying to fix it. Just:
Copy or Cut in Powerpoint.
Paste into Word
Copy or Cut the same text in Word
Paste in Powerpoint.
Done.
We are not here to figure out how the software is broke.
We are just here to get around the problem and go on.