Paste-Link-from-Excel-Make-Origin-Crash
Last Update: 5/9/2022
When copy data from an Excel file and paste it as link into Origin worksheet (right click on a cell and select Paste Link), if you find Origin freezing, your Excel file path may reach the Microsoft limitation that makes Paste Link having such issue in Origin.
To get around this issue,
Please shorten the full path of the Excel file. You can
The key is, the combination of the file path, file name, and sheet name must be less than 250 characters
Copying data from Excel and then Pasting it to Origin worksheet directly might also have similar issue with file path being too long. This is something out of Origin’s control, as Excel might use its internal mechanism to get data from file instead of putting large amount on clipboard directly.
Keywords:paste from Excel, stop responding, no respond, hung up, freeze, crash