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I'm doing a copy and paste from excel into smartsheet which I've done numerous times. I'm getting the death spinning circle with "Pasting from Clipboard"

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Chris McKay

Hi Paul,

I'll lead off with the obvious questions:

Is this latest attempt to paste data from Excel involving a larger dataset?
If so, have you tried copying a portion of the data (i.e. a few rows)?
Have you tried restarting your browser or (ideally) restarting your PC?
Have you tried a different browser?
Does the Excel you are copying from have more formulas than usual, underlying VBA or links to other workbooks?

J. Craig Williams

I have one more:

6) Are you copying / pasting between multiple monitors? Does the behavior change if you have the two apps (browser and Excel) on the same monitor?

Craig

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