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I have been cut and pasting from EXCEL to PPT (Office 365) for months without problems until today. It won't paste, and I get the above error message. I have reserached the problem, quick repaired, long repair, and nothing works. This is a daily part of my work life - Please HELP ME fix this problem. Pasting as a picture is NOT an option.
Windows 7, OFFICE 365. Thank you. Maureen Monte
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I have been cut and pasting from EXCEL to PPT (Office 365) for months without problems until today. It won't paste, and I get the above error message. I have reserached the problem, quick repaired, long repair, and nothing works. This is a daily part of my work life - Please HELP ME fix this problem. Pasting as a picture is NOT an option.
Windows 7, OFFICE 365. Thank you. Maureen Monte
Try again, it's working for us now!!
For months I copied an Excel spreadsheet into my Powerpoint presentations. Yesterday I could not do the paste without getting a message that the it would make Powerpoint unstable and I needed to save and restart. However, this did not solve the problem. Deleted Powerpoint and reinstalled with no improvement.
Hi Neha,
Thank you for follow through with this problem.
Best,
Garret
Hi Neha,
Thank you for follow through with all my questions!
Best,
Garret
Hi Garret,
Glad to know you found the cause.
I tested many times with different files and couldn’t reproduce the issue, this confirmed the issue was not with Excel. Since the cause was your current Windows profile, there’s nothing else can be done except for re-creating a new profile.
Regards,
Neha