A limited set of users with Excel 2016 and other standalone Excel purchases have been struggling to paste.

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that causes copy-and-paste failures for some Excel users after installing the 2026 ...

On 8, Microsoft rolled out KB5002914 for Excel, but it apparently has a bug that makes it impossible to copy and paste.

Microsoft has fixed Excel copy-and-paste failures caused by September 2026 updates across Office 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2024.

Microsoft fixes Excel 2016 copy-and-paste failures caused by KB5002914, while other Excel versions still need workarounds.

While Windows users are disappointingly familiar with updates causing problems, the same cannot be said of people using ...

A fix has now arrived – for Excel 2016 only – and it continues to hover rather nervously in the doorway. September has not been kind to Microsoft, its updates, or the emergenc ...

Microsoft's September security update stops Excel from pasting. The command fails without a beep and without an error message ...

The new Analysis ToolPak is designed for complex statistical and engineering work. However, it’s not turned on by default so you need to activate it yourself when you want to use it. Go to the main ...

The wait begins.

Excel, like Word, has an out-of-the-box environment that might not provide the most efficient setup for the way you work. Changing those settings every time you start a new workbook can be a blow to ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that causes copy-and-paste failures for Excel users after installing the September 2026 security updates.