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
    2023-07-06T12:13:59+00:00

    quick question, when this will be solved? thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T10:31:55+00:00

    Good morning,

    My Org is having the same issue in China and Europe.

    I've attempted changing settings in Outlook to remediate the issue however it is still occurring.

    Pasting from Excel Web app in to any other space does not work.

    Pasting from Excel Desktop App in to every other space works. This is causing a large disruption for our userbase and their workflows.

    Kind regards,

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T10:26:13+00:00

    Good morning!
    We have a similar issue in Norway and in the UK. Discovered it today: Paste formatting not working from Excel Desktop to Excel for the web. This is critical as it seriously disrupts our workflow.

    With kind regards,

    Thommes Thomassen

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T09:58:28+00:00

    We've the same issue, starting from July 5th.

    Thanks

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T09:18:36+00:00

    Hi Kathy,

    your explanation isn't right. This is global issue after yours update and it is needed to be fixed by you.

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