Ctrl + Shift + V Doesn’t Work in Google Sheets for Paste Special III

[zimka]

This issue has been reported twice before -

in April

Ctrl + Shift + V Doesn’t Work in Google Sheets for Paste Special

In Google Sheets, I am unable to “Paste Special” (i.e. paste without formatting) by using the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + V. There are a couple caveats to this – for when Ctrl + Shift + V will work: It will paste special if my cursor is actually inside the cell (i.e. by double clicking or pressing F2). It will paste special if the I copied other cells from within that spreadsheet. So, basically, the issue is when I copy data from outside the spreadsheet. So let’s say I copy “25” from any other s…

and then in May

Ctrl + Shift + V Doesn't Work in Google Sheets for Paste Special

In Google Sheets, I am unable to “Paste Special” (i.e. paste without formatting) by using the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + V. There are a couple caveats to this – for when Ctrl + Shift + V will work: It will paste special if my cursor is actually inside the cell (i.e. by double clicking or pressing F2). It will paste special if the I copied other cells from within that spreadsheet. So, basically, the issue is when I copy data from outside the spreadsheet. So let’s say I copy “25” from any other s…

Both times there was no solution and the topics were closed after the 30-day period.

I confirm that the issue still comes up (It’s almost July) at least in Win10.

And here’s the really interesting thing - I managed to solve the problem by deactivating and then reactivating Punto Switcher - a program from Yandex that automatically switches language input as you start to type something. I have no idea if it’s directly linked to Punto Switcher or any other keyboard tracking programs you might have, but there it is.

Maybe it will help someone.