Sorry to put a dampener on this folks

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(as at OP): W7, 0.8.6 installed fresh.
Bookview: 'paste' NOT assigned in shortcuts preferences.
Ctrl+V: does (sort of) work, but
not direct - it throws up the '......clipboard/plaintext' message box and needs an input there before it works - - but then it does, every time.
Too many 'alice's here muttering "curiouser and curiouser" - but I'm not helping, having started it am I

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