In the Commands list, choose the EditPaste command.

In the Categories list, choose All Commands.

Word displays the Customize Keyboard dialog box.

Near the bottom of the dialog box click the Customize button.

At the left side of the dialog box click Customize (Word 2007) or Customize Ribbon (Word 2010 or a later version).

In Word 2010 or a later version, click the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) (In Word 2007 click the Office button and then click Word Options. If the problem persists, then the issue may be with Ctrl+V no longer being associated with the proper paste command. Check the documents to see if they contain macros that could be causing the problem. If so, then the problem is with one (or more) of the documents. You can also check to see if the problem occurs only when certain documents are loaded. If the problem goes away, then the issue is with a macro in your Normal template. If you have no add-ins, then try exiting Word, renaming your Normal template to a different name, and restarting Word. (You can find other ways to start in safe mode at this Microsoft site.) If it does go away, then you know the problem is likely with one of your add-ins. To start Word in safe mode, hold down the Ctrl key as you double-click on the Word program icon. To check if it is an add-in, start Word in safe mode and see if the problem goes away. If done under macro control, the culprit could be an add-in or it could be a macro set up in one of your documents. Either of these reasons could be accomplished under macro control or through purposeful customization. One is that the Ctrl+V shortcut has been reassigned to a different purpose, and the second is that its original purpose has been removed. There are a few possible reasons why this is happening. Roger wonders why it won't work anymore in Word. It does work in other Office applications, such as Excel. Using the Paste tool on the Home tab of the ribbon does work, but Ctrl+V doesn't.

Recently Richard realized that Ctrl+V did not function to paste into a Word document.

Ctrl v stopped working