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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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T13:44:00+00:00

    It's finally working for me as well as of today! Last attempt was about 15 hours ago and it wasn't working then but it's okay now.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T13:04:22+00:00

    Seems to have been fixed for us here in Toronto. For some it just started working again, but in some cases clearing cookies and refreshing the page was required.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T12:56:43+00:00

    I am still having the issue in Ohio this morning. Would be nice if Microsoft would post some kind of an update as to when the fix will be completely rolled out.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T12:01:16+00:00

    I'm not having this problem anymore since today. It's back to like it used to be. At least for my use, which is copying from Excel Web into Outlook Desktop. It works again :)

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T07:47:24+00:00

    I am currently having this issue from the UK. Please can we get this fixed ASAP??

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