Command C command V not working

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
May 30, 2022
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keyboard shortcuts for copy/paste will not work within ai documents or across one document to another. I have restarted computer, unistalled and reinstalled app, tried the command-option-shift to reset preferences...nothing makes it work. please help. other keyboard shortcuts all work.

thanks.

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Try closing all other apps to see if some are hijacking the copy paste shortcuts.

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elaa36434328vx3b

Participant

The same thing is happening with me and it's really annoying!!! what do I do??

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Here is a probably incomplete list of apps that are known to cause that.

WebRoot
Apple Terminal
Word, Excel, Powerpoint
»Enable Full Keyboard« in Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard on Mac OS
Apple Mail, Outlook
Spacebar is used as a shortcut by the system
Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari
Wacom Desktop Center, Wacom settings
Windows Touch Pad problem
LastPass, Bitwarden (password managers)
The VPN
LangSwitcher app (it needs to be closed and disabled)
Notes

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @elaa36434328vx3b,

We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. I hope the suggestions Monika shared helped resolve the problem. If not, kindly try running Illustrator under Safe Mode (Windows / macOS) and share your observations.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav