XL97: Changes to Menu Bar May be Lost After Closing a Workbook
Article ID: 170645
Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q170645
SYMPTOMS
When you open, and then close a file in Microsoft Excel 97, a menu command
you previously added to a menu may disappear.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- In Microsoft Excel version 5.0 or 7.0, you add a menu command by using
the Menu Editor.
-and-
- In Microsoft Excel 5.0 or 7.0, you create a Visual Basic for
Applications macro that adds a new menu to a menu bar.
-and-
- In Microsoft Excel 97, you open the file that contains the menu that you
changed with the Menu Editor.
-and-
- You run the macro you created in Microsoft Excel 5.0 or 7.0 that adds a
new menu to a menu bar.
-and-
- You close the file that contains the menu changes made by the Menu
Editor in Microsoft Excel 5.0 or 7.0.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
REFERENCES
For more information about menu bars, click the Office Assistant, type
customizing menu bars, click Search, and then click to view "Adding and
managing menu bars and menu items."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the
Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component
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