We have used HTML to transfer complex formatted tables via the clipboard to Excel for years. This has suddenly failed.
Copy/paste the following HTML to a blank Excel sheet.
<HTML>
First row<BR>
<BR> <!-- second row - Should be blank -->
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=1>Should be merge of A3:A4<BR></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</HTML>
No second row appears, and the merged table cells are at the wrong position, A2:A3 instead of A3:A4.
If I supply some content for the second row, then the row appears. The problem is a <BR> on its own no longer gives a blank line.
But this is OK:
<HTML>
First line<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
This should be the fourth line<BR>
</HTML>
So it's something about the context, not just the behaviour of <BR>.
Our tests on older machines/Excel installs show
Office 2010 (14,0,7181.5000) OK
Office 2016 (16.0.6326.1010) OK
Office 2016 (16.0.7927.1024) Fails
We are using Win10, always latest OS and Office16/365.
Any advice much appreciated.