losing formatting when copying from Excel Web

Anonymous
2023-07-04T01:37:03+00:00

I am on Windows 10 and have tried this on both Chrome and Edge.

I have certain shared Excel files that I access through Excel Web. Prior to today, I could copy/paste the data from Excel Web to Outlook Desktop and it would keep the source formatting (both text and table design).

Now, it is pasting as a table but without any text formatting or table design. I am losing all the formatting when I:

  • copy from Excel Web in Chrome to Outlook Desktop
  • copy from Excel Web in Edge to Outlook Desktop
  • copy from Excel Web in Chrome to Outlook Web in Chrome
  • copy from Excel Web in Chrome to Excel Web in Edge (or the reverse)

The only instance when it retains the formatting is when I am copying from Excel Web to Excel Web in the same browser (either Chrome or Edge).

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-05T19:09:27+00:00

    Same issue, when copy pasting into email or our Zen Desk support platform from excel online, all formatting is long (including linked text) and instead, shows a rich text format (not even just no formatting...but worse).

    Here is what I'm copying from excel online (with hyperlinked text):

    Here is what it looks like after pasting into a non-excel program (using keyboard codes and right click)

    Here is what it looks like after pasting into Outlook email server:

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-05T17:32:00+00:00

    SAME ISSUE HERE; need this fixed

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-05T17:24:39+00:00

    I'll just add my two cents here to boost this. We're seeing the same behavior. First noticed on July 3rd.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-07-05T12:59:03+00:00

    I am having the same issue. Copying worked correctly on 07/03/2023, and the issue is not isolated by user. The options to keep source formatting when pasting does keep any font or wrap text, but does not keep borders, font or cell color, or even "bold". In order to have any of that copy properly we have to open in the desktop version first.

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