Needing to press Alt twice when pasting special from another workbook

[boxoldnn]

I have two excel workbooks open. I copy from workbook A, alt+tab to switch to workbook B and then press alt to access the hotkey menu (intending to use alt + esv), but the menu is not being accessed and I have to press alt a second time to complete the operation.

I fixed this on my old computer but just got a new one and can't find the fix online, or remember what I did to fix this last time. Any pro users out there know what I'm dealing with?

 

[boxoldnn]

I've no idea how you fixed it before, or exactly what you want, but if you hold the Alt key down for about a second the tooltips appear & you can then type e (without releasing the Alt key)

Did not know that was possible, seems like a decent workaround. I don't remember how I solved it either but it might have involved changing a windows setting (could have even been a registry edit, I can't recall). I will keep looking and post the solution if I can find it.

 

[Fluff]

To paste values, I just use the "Right click" key (next to Ctrl to the right of the space bar) followed by v.
A lot quicker & simpler (IMO)