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Paste Options button does not appear when you paste between two instances of Excel

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Symptoms

When you paste information from one worksheet to another worksheet in Microsoft Excel, the Paste Options button may not appear as expected.

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Cause

This problem can occur when you copy and paste between two instances of Excel.

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Workaround

To work around this problem, open both Excel documents in the same instance of Excel.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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Keywords: KB280533, kbpending, kbbug, kbexpertisebeginner

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Article Info
Article ID : 280533
Revision : 4
Created on : 1/29/2007
Published on : 1/29/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 391