Excel sometimes hangs when I use copy/cut
I'm having an odd problem with Excel occasionally hanging when I try copy/paste operations.
if I copy text from a source outside of Excel, then I can paste fine. If I try to copy a cell, or a cell's contents , the worksheet will freeze, and eventually become responsive, bit with nothing on the clipboard.
See here for a screen recording: http://imgur.com/a/lH8pv - after I press copy, I'm clicking the mouse but nothing occurs.
Would appreciate any help in pinning this down. I've tried disabling Excel/Com Add-ins, and there's nothing in the Event Viewer, so not sure where to start! If I exit Excel/restart, it will work, but will eventually start doing this again.
Any help much appreciated!
Posted Oct 11, 2016, 6:17 PM UTC
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I'm afraid this is a tech support issue and not an excel issue. If it were an issue with all excel programs, it'd be unusable. Find your IT team to disgnose!
I guess I don't disagree, although Excel is the only program this occurs with (I can paste into other office or non-office programs while Excel freezes, for instance). I was hoping someone might know something about how Excel in particular interacts with the clipboard, or have a suggestion for where I might look. General tech support will likely tell me to reinstall/repair office or run Windows Update - I've already tried these general things, and Excel remains the only affected program :)