Just a guess, but do you have the MS Edit portion of the menu available on screen #1? If so, when #2 is modal you may not be able to access the functionality of the menu on #1. Perhaps adding this menu to screen #2 would work?

>Why copy and paste (^C, ^V) doesn't work with modal screen?
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>I have a big screen #1 wich calls a smaller screen #2, if #2 is modal then #1 cannot be selected and it's ok, but I can't copy and paste. And if #2 is not modal then I can copy and paste but #1 can come in front of #2 and it's not ok.
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>Any solution to use cut and paste with modal screens?
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>TIA
>François