re: In XP Pro, unable to COPY from Excel into FIND window in ACCESS
Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at 7:39 pm
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Posted by SeanG
(69 messages posted)
Are you right clicking? Why don't you try copying the stuff you need and pressing
ctrl+v to paste it in the find & replace window.
On Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at 5:47 pm, JGH@HSC.CA wrote:
>I frequently need to cross-check items that are in Excel spread sheets and Access
>databases. A very convenient way to do so has been to COPY the contents of a cell
>in the Excel spreadsheet and PASTE the item into the FIND WHAT section of the FIND
>& REPLACE window of Access. This has worked without problems when working with the
>following configurations:
>WIN NT and Office 97;
>WIN NT and Office 2000;
>WIN 98 SE and Office 97.
>Unfortunately since I converted to WIN XP PRO and Office 2002, the PASTE part of
>the operation does not work – instead a message pops up saying “What’s This”, and
>I am then forced to type the desired material into the FIND WHAT window.
>I would be very grateful for any advice on how to solve this problem.
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