excel 2010 - paste special - not working

I had other non related issues, including IE9 certificate problems, so bit the bullet and got out the W7 DVD and started again - another day lost to waiting for installation 9,999,999 to finish, and hey presto - all working fine. (including downloading 127 update packages from MS to get up to date !! - where are SP2 or 3 or 4 for W7 and Office 2010, VS2010 etc etc)

I have had exactly same and read the comment about closing Chrome. Hey presto, paste special is back and working but why the clash?

Firefox is fine ie with Firefox open copy and paste special options available. Open Chrome to return to this thread and options disappear. It is like an on off switch and is very strange. The answer is to close Chrome but why this should be is leading to a puzzling Sunday.

I am using Windows 7 Pro with Excel 2010 both brand new and installed on 10 March 2010.

Hi,

I'm seeing the Chrome problem manifest itself on my machine also.

When Chrome is open, I cannot paste formulas and get the Unicode Text option in Paste Special.

As soon as I close Chrome, I'm back in business.

I'm running Excel 2007 on Windows 7.

This problem only started a few days ago. I've had some Microsoft updates apply in the last few days but nothing else.

This issue began with me 3/19 AM. BTW, it happens across all Office products, not just Excel. IE 8 and Firefox 10.0.2 work fine. As soon as I open Google Chrome (my favorite browser by far), this issue reappears. If I close Chrome, the issue still remains unless I close and reopen the office apps.

Problem Solved!!

I installed Skype Click to Call on 3/17/2012 (5.10.9560) and I noticed the Paste Special issue across all my Office 2010 apps (on Win 7, Chrome 17.0.963.79) whenever I opened Google Chrome.

I just uninstalled Skype Click to Call and the problem has been solved! I did not have to uninstall Skype 5.5.124. If you don't have Skype Click to Call, try uninstalling Skype.