From: Roberta on
I looked in my installed programs and they are a few MS Office updates but
none of them is the KB958437, so is there anything else I could check to fix
Paste Append from Excel to Access?

"Dean O." wrote:

> I'm having the exact same problem. It's caused by the recent Excel security
> update (KB958437). I don't know how to fix it while having this update
> applied. A workaround for me was removing the KB958437 update.
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> I'm trying to contact MSFT to find out if they will fix this update.
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> "ios151" wrote:
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> > Every day, I edit an Excel spreadsheet and then paste append it into a table
> > in Access which is then used for reporting. Before I do the paste append, I
> > select all records in the table and then delete them, so when I do the paste
> > append, the table starts out empty. Today for the first time ever, I cannot
> > get this to work. Each time I try to do the paste append, I get the
> > following error: "The data on the Clipboard is damaged, so VibeReporting
> > can't paste it." (VibeReporting is the name of my Access database). I have
> > re-booted completely and am still having the same result. I have viewed the
> > clipboard in both Excel and Access and done a "clear all" in both. I have
> > run "compact and repair" in Access twice, and run Office diagnostics with
> > nothing found. I have not installed any new software recently, but I do
> > notice that in my Windows updates, there were update to Office last night
> > (12/10/08). Any ideas of what I can try?