Article ID: 179579
Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q179579
SYMPTOMS
When using Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you may receive an error
message similar to one of the following:
The macro ''My Macintosh's HD:Microsoft Office 98:Office:
Excel Add-Ins:Internet Assistant'!DoHTMLCommand' cannot be found.
The macro ''My Macintosh's HD:Microsoft Office 98:Office:
Excel Add-Ins:Solver'!Stub' cannot be found.
The macro ''My Macintosh's HD:Microsoft Office 98:Office:
Excel Add-Ins:Lookup Wizard'!DoLookupCommand' cannot be found.
The macro ''My Macintosh's HD:Microsoft Office 98:Office:
Excel Add-Ins:Report Manager'!Mcp01.PrintReport' cannot be found.
The macro ''My Macintosh's HD:Microsoft Office 98:Office:
Excel Add-Ins:Conditional Sum Wizard'!DoSumIfCommand' cannot be found.
The macro ''My Macintosh's HD:Microsoft Office 98:Office:
Excel Add-Ins:File Conversion Wizard'!DoConvertCommand' cannot be found.
The macro ''My Macintosh's HD:Microsoft Office 98:Office:
Excel Add-Ins:Template Wizard'!StartWizard' cannot be found.
CAUSE
This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:
- There is an apostrophe (') in the path for an add-in.
-and-
- You attempt use a command that calls a demand-loaded add-in.
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, rename the hard disk or folder. To rename the
hard disk, follow these steps:
- Select the hard disk icon on the desktop.
- Select the entire text of the hard disk name. Be sure to select
the entire text of the hard disk name so that every character in the
hard disk name is replaced.
- Type the name test, and press RETURN.
Additional query words: XL98 special characters
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