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XL97: Embedded Object May Be Deleted from the Worksheet

Article ID: 184141

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000


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This article was previously published under Q184141

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.

Additional query words: XL98 XL97 missing ole

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB184141