SBFM97: Currency Changes Sign in Profitability Analysis
Article ID: 169887
Article Last Modified on 11/17/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q169887
SYMPTOMS
When you type text into a cell of a Profitability Analysis workbook
that you create with the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager 97, the
pound sterling currency symbol is replaced by the U.S. dollar sign.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you do the following:
- You type text in the Revenue column of the Profitability Analysis
workbook.
-and-
- You then type a value in the cell.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
- On the Edit menu, point to Clear, and then click Contents.
- Retype the value (not text) in the problem cell.
NOTE: The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications run-time
error message appears:
Run-time error '13':
Type mismatch.
- Click End.
The value is reformatted with the correct currency symbol.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: XL97
Keywords: kbprb KB169887