Article ID: 178859
Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q178859
SYMPTOMS
You may receive one of the following error messages after you paste a
control that you copied from a worksheet that has since been deleted:
The application "Microsoft Excel" has unexpectedly quit, because an
error of type 2 occurred.
You should save your work in other open applications and restart the
computer.
Sorry, a system error occurred.
"Microsoft Excel"
error type 11
CAUSE
This problem occurs if you copy a control that has been placed on a
worksheet, delete the worksheet, and then paste the control onto another
worksheet. The error may occur at the moment you paste the control or when
you close the file.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
This error can occur after pasting any of the controls that you create
using the Forms toolbar.
REFERENCES
For more information about adding controls to a worksheet, click the Index
tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add buttons, check
boxes, or other controls to a worksheet" topic.
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