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Anonymous
2018-06-09T15:36:21+00:00

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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2018-06-18T18:16:22+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2018-06-08T16:39:01+00:00

    This issue was never resolved, only found a workaround.

    After creating a "test" profile, I was able to copy and paste using the 1805 version. However, once I logged into the office account, I couldn't copy and paste again. (not sure if logging in was the cause, but that seems to be aligned with profile issue?) After working with our IT department along with the Microsoft team. We ended up uninstall office and reinstalled version 1708 (Build 8431.2250). All office updates have been disabled by us to prevent this from happening again.

    If your primary work involves copy and paste into powerpoint. Then I would suggest you to reinstall an older version as I have tried many different method and was not able to solve this problem. (using new file, old file, uninstall, reinstall, system restore, creating new profiles)

    Good luck,

    Garret

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-09T19:32:39+00:00

    Hi Maureen,

    Thanks for your sharing and we are glad to help you.

    To check whether this issue is related to Add-ins, please Start your Office in safe mode to see the outcome. If this issue doesn't happen in safe mode, please click File>Options>Add-ins>To disable Add-ins one by one to check which one caused this case.

    If this issue still exists, please right-click on Powerpoint icon>More>Run As Administrator, open your file to see the outcome.

    If you still can't paste your content normally, please check if your file was created by older version of Office. If so, please click File>Save as to save your file to the latest file format to check if you can paste your data normally.

    Please have a try and share with me your result.

    Besides, please also share with me more info as below:

    1. The detailed version/build number of your OS(Win+R>type CMD>OK) and Office(File>Account>Product Information).
    2. Does this issue happen to all files even newly created or only related ones?

    Thanks,

    Neo

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-10T14:43:00+00:00

    This issue is happening with all power point files - new or existing.  I also checked from multiple EXCEL files. They were created in Office 365. It doesn't happen with Word, for example. None of the above solutions worked, and I followed your instructions faithfully. 

    Windows: 6.1.7601 

    Office: Office 365 Version 1805 Build 9330.2087

    Thank you. 

    Maureen Monte.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-06-11T17:03:58+00:00

    I am trying to copy and paste from Excel into PowerPoint. When selecting either the Keep Source Formatting (K) or Use Destination Styles (S), nothing happens. 

    I have a table in a PowerPoint Slide. I want to copy an Excel table data into this PowerPoint table. I have done this many times with no issue. Today however, when I select one of the said options, the table flashes and the data does not appear. Now, I can add in the data using one of the other paste options, but I need to manipulate the colors, fonts, etc,. 

    I have tried using notepad and ctrl+c and ctrl+v. I have no idea how to get this to paste in properly. Any help is appreciated.

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