Have lost the ability to paste from the keyboard or menu

Hello, I have had to completely re-install my office software from ground up
and when I installed it, I made all work from my computer (complete
install). Today I was trying to copy and paste a cell and when I do the copy
function is dark and accessible but the paste function is greyed out. I
can't paste anything.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bob Reynolds

There could be a macro running that destroys the clipboard.

If you open excel in safe mode:
close excel
windows start button|Run
excel /safe
file|open yourworkbookname.xls

Does edit|copy, edit|paste work?

If it does, it'll be time to look for macros (maybe
worksheet_selectionchange???).

Bob Reynolds wrote:
>
> Hello, I have had to completely re-install my office software from ground up
> and when I installed it, I made all work from my computer (complete
> install). Today I was trying to copy and paste a cell and when I do the copy
> function is dark and accessible but the paste function is greyed out. I
> can't paste anything.
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Bob Reynolds

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