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(184141) - When you edit an embedded object that has been inserted in an Excel worksheet and then return to Microsoft Excel 97, the object is deleted from the worksheet. This problem may occur in the following cases. Case 1 You create a workbook that...

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Article ID: 184141 - Last Review: October 22, 2000 - Revision: 1.0

XL97: Embedded Object May Be Deleted from the Worksheet

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SYMPTOMS

When you edit an embedded object that has been inserted in an Excel worksheet and then return to Microsoft Excel 97, the object is deleted from the worksheet.

CAUSE

This problem may occur in the following cases.

Case 1

  1. You create a workbook that contains an embedded object in Excel 97.
  2. You double-click the embedded object in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.
  3. You double-click the embedded object in Excel 97.
  4. You close the object.

Case 2

  1. You create a workbook that contains an embedded object in Excel 98.
  2. You double-click the embedded object in Excel 97.
  3. You close the object.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
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