Add new sheet and paste the contents of the clipboard to it.

coveredinbutter

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  1. 365
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Hi All,

I have a working macro that will add a new sheet and paste the contents of the clipboard to cell a1 of that sheet using the following code:

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.EnableEvents = False
Sheets.Add(After:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)).Name = "TempSheet"
Worksheets("tempsheet").Range("A1").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues

I'm trying to add this to something I'm writing for another work book but when I try and run the same code I get:

Run-time error '1004':

PasteSpecial method of Range class failed.

Any ideas on why it is failing in the second workbook?

Thanks for your help.
 

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Solution
Thanks.

Not sure what happened as I had tried several times copying data right before running it, but after restarting excel it seems to be working.
 
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I actually figured it out.

I had:

Application.Calculation = xlManual

Before the above code which apparently clears the clipboard.
 
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