This strikes me as bizarre, and I'll be happy to hear that no one else is having this problem, which will convince me the problem is my machine/ network and not archicad.
After placing a section marker in an elevation or plan detail, and linking it to another drawing, ("selected drawing") on a layout, the marker will display the proper/desired keying. If I then paste anything into the window with the linking marker (a label) , the marker reverts to having "No drawing has been placed yet." message.
I tried this in my current project, which is behaving slowly, and in a new AC session, in an 11 template. Both built in Marker and NCS markers behaved the same in both projects.
Any thoughts?