I guess when something is greyed out it hasn't done the copy and so there is nothing to paste - which is why it isn't working.

Try the hey board method I proposed above instead of using the drop down menu and see what happens. You could even try to copy something and place it in a text file (notepad for example).

The operating system should be taking care of this and allowing you to transfer the clip board between applications.

If your clip board is always empty then something is going wrong with the copy.

You are selecting text aren't you and not an image?

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!