<![CDATA[Copy/Paste issue into Excel]]>I have started to see a weird paste issue with Excel (I have Office 365). Not sure if this is an Excel issue or a Notepad++ issue.

There is a block of text in CSV format in Notepad++, such as:

apples,oranges,cherries,bananas,grapes

When I paste it into Excel, it gets turned into rows automatically:

apples
oranges
cherries
bananas
grapes

This happens even if I right-click and pick “Paste as Values”. Somehow Excel thinks I want to convert the CSV text into rows - but I just want it pasted into the cell as is. It somehow identifies the text as being in a different format.

I’m not sure where to look to fix this, it’s annoying. Any ideas?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/16036/copy-paste-issue-into-excelRSS for NodeTue, 14 Jul 2026 00:27:52 GMTThu, 12 Jul 2018 21:34:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Copy/Paste issue into Excel on Thu, 12 Jul 2018 22:55:12 GMT]]>Thanks for the suggestion. After the usual searching Google and finding useless answers, screaming, throwing the computer out the window, etc, I rebooted Windows. Problem mysteriously went away. Arrggh!

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/33497https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/33497Thu, 12 Jul 2018 22:55:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copy/Paste issue into Excel on Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:51:54 GMT]]>I don’t see that happen for me.
However, a possible workaround: After copying from NPP, click the cell, hit F2, and paste – this will edit a single cell, and whatever you paste should all go into that cell.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/33493https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/33493Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:51:54 GMT