For some reason, Excel won't allow me to paste into the find or replace dialog. This is more than a little inconvenient. Am I missing something? Has anyone seen this before? Is there a fix or workaround?
TIA!
Tromba 0 Newbie Poster
kc0arf 68 Posting Virtuoso Team Colleague
Hello,
The usual things apply: OS version, Office version. How are you trying to paste? Please let us know the exact steps.
Christian
Tromba 0 Newbie Poster
Hello,
The usual things apply: OS version, Office version. How are you trying to paste? Please let us know the exact steps.
Christian
OS X 10.2.8
MS Excel X v10.0
After selecting Edit > Find (or cmd-f) or Edit > Replace, I cannot paste from the clipboard into the fields in the Find or Replace dialog, by either cmd-v or by Edit > Paste. In the case of Edit > Paste, the option to paste is not even available (i.e., it is "grayed out"). Thanks!
kc0arf 68 Posting Virtuoso Team Colleague
Hi,
What are the contents of the copy? What are you selecting when you hit cmd-c or cmd-v? What I am getting at is are you trying to copy a graphic into a text cell, or something strange like that.
I have also found out that in XL that you do not want to select "destination cells".
Christian
random1970 0 Newbie Poster
I realise this is an old, old thread, but the solution to it, and many others like it, is lose the mouse. Use keyboard shortcuts - CTRL - C to copy, CTRL - V to paste, instead.
logan.calder.9 0 Newbie Poster
I have the same problem. When I copy (cmd+c on a mac) information from a google sheet, and try to paste into the "find" box, the information is instead pasted into the sheet, not the "find" box that I just selected... So confusing, and kind of very annoying.
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