Pasting files into Illustrator

Hi, I am running Illustrator CS 11.0.0 on a MacBook Pro OS 10.6.7. I am suddenly having problems copying and pasting files from some graphic applications (DeltaGraph and Prism) into an open Illustrator file. I used to be able to do this easily. Is this a problem with the clipboard files? Would upgrading to a later version of Illustrator help? Thanks for any help.

rvanetten,
In case of sudden misfunction, you may consider resetting the preferences, Cmd+Option+Shift (or reversibly Move the folder ).

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