# Pasting tables from spreadsheets no longer working after 2.3 upgrade
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasting-tables-from-spreadsheets-no-longer-working-after-2-3-upgrade/123283
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [18 juli 2019 om 11:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasting-tables-from-spreadsheets-no-longer-working-after-2-3-upgrade/123283 "2019-07-18T11:29:01Z")
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### Author:  [@rizka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rizka)
#### Post date: [18 juli 2019 om 11:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasting-tables-from-spreadsheets-no-longer-working-after-2-3-upgrade/123283/1 "2019-07-18T11:29:02Z")
We ran the 2.3 upgrade for our stable branch installation. Now we noticed that for some reason pasting tables from spreadsheets is no longer working at all. I have Google Sheets and LibreOffice at hand, I tested both. Did the same tests here and it’s working. Pasted from Google Sheets: ⬇
| just | testing |
| --- | --- |
| if | this |
| works | or |
| not | ? |
This is what happens at [Tappara.co](http://Tappara.co) with the same exact table:
Does someone have an idea why?
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### Author:  [@wesochuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wesochuck)
#### Post date: [18 juli 2019 om 15:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasting-tables-from-spreadsheets-no-longer-working-after-2-3-upgrade/123283/2 "2019-07-18T15:27:17Z")
Double check that the site setting `enable rich text paste` is still enabled in your settings.
I just tried on my 2.3.1 installation and pasting worked from Excel and Google Sheets. Do you think a plug-in could be interfering?
You might want to try launching your site in [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true) and then seeing if the pasting works then:
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### Author:  [@rizka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rizka)
#### Post date: [18 juli 2019 om 16:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasting-tables-from-spreadsheets-no-longer-working-after-2-3-upgrade/123283/3 "2019-07-18T16:29:56Z")
> [@wesochuck](#):
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> Double check that the site setting `enable rich text paste` is still enabled in your settings.
That’s it, thank you. Nobody touched that setting, though, and it used to work. Now it works again anyway so I don’t care. 🙂
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [18 juli 2019 om 21:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasting-tables-from-spreadsheets-no-longer-working-after-2-3-upgrade/123283/4 "2019-07-18T21:34:11Z")