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nicolasg56839542
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July 7, 2019
Question

Paste is grayed out in Illustrator's Edit menu

  • July 7, 2019
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Hi,
Let me put it simply :

I start a new document. I draw a rectangle.

Edit < Copy

Edit ... oh my god ... Paste is greyed out  (so are its little cousins like paste in front, place, back ...)

Ctrl - C    Ctrl - V    : no effect  ...

It happened suddenly ...   is it a bug or am I bugging?

Thanks for any clue ...

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nicolasg56839542Author
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July 7, 2019

... one more detail :  If I restart Illustrator ... draw a rectangle, Ctrl -c   Ctrl -v  ... a new rectangle appears.
I try again, no effect : Paste is greyed out ...

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nicolasg56839542Author
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July 7, 2019

RiDiCuLoUs  :   I restarted my computer.  It works again ... (sorry)
I don't mark this thread as solved as I don't know if it's temporary ...

Steve Werner
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Steve WernerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 8, 2019

If it returns:

do you have a clipboard extension installed in your system?

which other applications are running? web browsers and some antivirus might interfere.


If it works correctly after you reboot when you run Illustrator first...and later it starts failing again...that may confirm what Monika mentions: Another application may be interfering with Illustrator. Often it's a browser extension, or antivirus software as Monika suggests.

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