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copy and paste in outlook email via Mac

Anonymous
2023-07-07T09:39:34+00:00

Hi

What's going on with Outlook email not able to fulfil a copy and paste command via a Mac?

Appreciate anyone's help with this - I'm using macOS Big Sur version 11.7.7

thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T12:55:09+00:00

    What happens if you use command + V to paste? (That works here.)

    It looks like it is a bug in the Microsoft editor - you can use command + V to paste or turn off the editor.

    Click on the 3 dots at the end of the ribbon - near the bottom is Editor > Editor settings. Turn off spelling and grammar to bring back the browser's right click options.

    I'll let my contacts in support know.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T12:00:53+00:00

    Thanks for your reply Diane.

    Yes, I'm using Outlook on the web in Safari. However I am using a current version of Safari. The To and cc buttons work fine. The problem is when I attempt a cut and paste operation in the main body of an email message.

    I right click to bring up the options bar - font, font size, bold etc.. with the drop down menu; Emoji, Copy, Cut, Paste, Paste as plain text.

    When I click on Paste to paste a piece of text I have cut from another document etc. a long blue vertical line appears across the page.?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T11:45:56+00:00

    Hi, I'm Diane and will be happy to help you today.

    Are you using Outlook on the web in Safari?

    I know the To / CC buttons and fields don't work in the older versions of Safari - you need to open the compose mail form in a new window. Try that and see if you can paste.

    -- Diane

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