Excel Does Nothing When Inserting/Deleting Rows or Columns

Anonymous
2024-06-06T13:08:38+00:00

When using excel since the May 30th update, Excel does nothing when inserting/deleting rows/columns.

The insert and insert paste row/column options are not greyed out on right click. When the insert option is selected, nothing happens. Same for the Insert sheet rows/columns in the home tab: nothing happens when clicked. No error messages either, it seems like excel just forgets what you told it to do.

This is happening on newly opened blank workbooks as well, so there are no frozen panes, sheet protection, hidden rows, worksheet errors or corrupt workbooks, and there's no point in restarting excel for a workbook that was just opened.

I have already repaired and re-installed office 365.

Restarting the computer allows me to insert rows/columns 2-3 times before it breaks again.

EDIT: added "deleting" and "columns" to initial "could not insert rows"

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-20T18:36:35+00:00

    I installed the new build and so far, so good.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-20T17:54:22+00:00

    Now they are confirming that this new build fixes this issue: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/current-channel?redirectSourcePath=%252farticle%252f95c8d81d-08ba-42c1-914f-bca4603e1426

    Version 2405: June 19

    Version 2405 (Build 17628.20164) Resolved issuesExcel

    • This fix rectifies a problem in Excel where inserting or deleting cells might occasionally fail, leading to formulas recalculating inaccurately.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-20T17:50:57+00:00

    If anyone finds the issue resolved with the new June 19 Version 2405 (Build 17628.20164), please let us know here.

    Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-20T17:34:11+00:00

    I am having the same exact problem. This is killing productivity and having the organization second guess data integrity.

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