thanks for your reply.
I copy from anything from a spreadsheet in the workbook - no problem pasting
it.

when I copy from another workbook (cell, column, anything), and open up the
next workbook to paste it - the ants stop marching and paste is not
available.

the only way I can get it there is to show the clipboard, copy, go to the
next workbook and pick the starting cell, go to the clipboard and paste - but
then it is as though I did a past values - no formulas are carried over.

I was trying to figure out if I inadvertantly prohibited pasting in another
book. I don't believe that protection is on in my blank workbooks - I can
add from the keyboard.

note, I don't have this problem on my laptop - which is excel 03.

thanks.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

What are you copying...........a cell, a range, a worksheet?

What does or does not occur when you make the attempt to copy?

Nothing? Error message?

There are no options prhibiting this other than some type of protection on
target sheet.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:50:01 -0700, Wilbur
wrote:

Did I turn on an option that prohibits this? using 2002.