Pasting from Excel to the New Outlook

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Pasting from Excel to the New Outlook

PJ Baumeister 0

I have an automation that takes a table from Excel and copies it into the new Outlook. Because of some of the limitations of the new Outlook, I do have to manually insert the table by using Control+V. On August 3, 2026, this function worked fine.

On August 3, 2026, this function worked perfectly.

today, August 11, 2026, it now pastes in just plain text

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What has changed?

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Answer 1

Helen Luu 3,300 Independent Advisor

Hello PJ Baumeister,

Based on the information you provided, I understand that you are experiencing an issue when copying and pasting a table from Excel into the new Outlook. Instead of retaining the table formatting, the content is pasted as plain text.

I tested this behavior in my environment and was able to copy and paste an Excel table into Outlook while preserving the formatting, so the issue does not appear to be occurring universally.

As an initial troubleshooting step, could you please try right-clicking in the email body and selecting "Paste", or one of the available paste options such as "Paste as Image", to see whether the table formatting is retained?

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And try to paste the same table into Outlook on the web, does the issue occur there as well? To help me investigate further, could you please provide the following information?

Which version of new Outlook are you using?
What operating system is your device running (Windows, macOS, etc.)?
Are your colleagues experiencing the same behavior, or is the issue isolated to your device/account?

I look forward to your update.

PJ Baumeister 0 Reputation points

2026-08-11T13:06:38.8666667+00:00

I'm running Windows 11, the new outlook, as I stated earlier this function did work on August 3rd, and today does not, it does work in the old Outlook, it does work in Microsoft word,

Paste as image does work, but that does not give my recipient of the email the ability to cut and paste data. A workaround, not acceptable

I have tried control v, I have right click paste, I've tried every conceivable way and it's still paste as plain text only in the new outlook.

Yes the new outlook is set up to compose an html.

I do not see where to get the version of my new outlook. But I'm sure it is the most recent version
Helen Luu 3,300 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-08-11T13:19:12.27+00:00

Hello,

To check the Outlook version, please try to click on File > About Outlook. You will see the version information.

If you use Outlook on the web (https://outlook.cloud.microsoft/), are you able to paste without any issue?
Helen Luu 3,300 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-08-13T13:46:37.26+00:00

Hello PJ,

Hope you are doing well.

Please feel free to let me know whenever you have update on the issue.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Answer 2

PJ Baumeister 0

Hi Helen, just wanted to provide an update: Interestingly, the copy-paste functionality for Excel tables has suddenly started working as expected in my latest session today, mirroring how it suddenly stopped working previously.

It appears to be intermittently resolving, likely due to a background service update or a fix rolling out to the web-based composer. I’ll continue to monitor it, but for now, the native formatting is carrying over correctly agai

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Helen Luu 3,300 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-08-18T15:12:21.5666667+00:00

Thank you for the update. I'm glad to hear that the issue has been resolved on your end.

Please feel free to let me know if you need any further assistance. I will be happy to help.