Joel, thank you for your response. You put your finger on the problem, in
that I can copy the data into another MS application (Word), but cannot do so
into another Excel workbook (within an individual workbook is fine). I tried
to copy into the formula bar or use the Cntrl C command, and neither worked.

Any other way to investigate the issue you can suggest? Thank you

"JVorch" wrote:

GOOD DAY

MY COMPANY UPGRADED FROM OFFICE 2002 TO OFFICE 2003 LAST WEEK. PREVIOUS TO
THE UPGRADE, I CREATED A SERIES OF WORKBOOKS IN EXCEL 2002. I HAVE SINCE
RE-OPENED AND SAVED IN EXCEL 2003 CHANGES TO THE FIRST WORKBOOK IN THE
SERIES. I FIND NOW THAT WHEN I TRY TO COPY EITHER DATA OR FORMULAS FROM
WORKBOOK #1 TO WORKBOOK #2 IN THE SERIES, THE PASTE FUNCTION IS UNSHADED,
BOTH IN THE DROP DOWN MENU AND ON THE TOOLBAR.

I HAVE LOOKED AROUND IN THE TOOLS/OPTIONS MENU, BUT CANNOT SEEM TO FIND AN
APPROPRIATE CHOICE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU