Do you have incell editing enabled?
it's a view property - if you need help accessing custom views see
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/viewmenu.htm
if this is not the cause, we need a lot more information on exactly what you
are doing - where you are pasting to and from.

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> How come I can't Copy and Paste a contact when I'm in "phone list" view?
> Seems like you can do it in Address Card view only.
>
> Thank-you.