I completely dislike how Microsoft implemented its copy/paste feature on the web. It completely ruins how copy/paste for EVERYTHING else even its own operating system. I just want to simply copy/paste a data from one cell to something else. Anything except a directly copy/paste from cell to cell is always questionable on why it works or doesn't work (even cell to cell is questionable in my mind but seems to at least work most of the time).
Why?!?! It is the most tested and used feature.
I just want to a text inside of one cell to a text inside another cell... same sheet, same row. Simple? Of course, Microsoft does not want it to be! Worst is to cut it because the original data is GONE so what am I supposed to go back to if the paste doesn't work? Obviously, I have to undo but that also messes with the clipboard. How stressful it is just to copy/paste!
What could possibly be wrong? I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOT IDEA! I just do it again and it will sometimes work and sometimes not. I just keep repeating until it works. No seeable changes to the steps. I even tested with other applications and they all copy/paste fine. So is it memory? Doesn't seem like it. I tried with the same browser and even the same tab. Is it the browser? Doesn't seem like it too. But for stupid's sake, I even rebooted and perform the same task first with no other applications open yet... and yet, not always!
WHY?!?!
While on this topic... why does inserting or delete a wrong clear my clipboard? Why does double-clicking into a cell SOMETIMES clear the clipboard? SOMETIMES? Why is it even SOMETIMES? I rather have the row insert where it is always cleared.
Oh is it just a temporary clipboard for web Excel? Nope, even if you do not copy/paste or copy from Excel (ie you had copied something from another browser, app, or even the app version of Excel)... it is completely gone.
Also, sometimes it'll appear to copy (where the border changes when you normally copy) then when you paste, it says the data is not available. Why does that happy? No clue. How to workaround? Repeat until it works. Sometimes it takes 10s of times until it works. I can even copy/paste in the middle with other apps and it will work perfectly fine. I can copy another row to change the border cell, go back to copy, and it still won't work. I can wait minutes, hours... and it will won't paste even though the message says to give it time. Perhaps Microsoft is a black hole and time works differently there because copy/paste works perfectly fine before, during, and after this issue. Seems to ONLY be the web version of Excel. It is also funny that there are more issues with pasting from web version to app version of Excel than everything else combined.
I think this is very border-line "Not recommending to others" deal-breaker. Especially if you have the manual task of copy/pasting menial tasks.
Even worse... I've been having this issue for over a year now. I even posted this here, Buggish: Microsoft Web Excel Copy/Paste (https://douglastclee.blogspot.com/2023/09/buggish-microsoft-web-excel-copypaste.html).
No comments:
Post a Comment