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XL98: AutoSelect May Detect a Double Header

Article ID: 191155

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q191155

SYMPTOMS

When the first two rows of your database contain all text and you click Sort or AutoFilter on the Data menu (commands that automatically select a range of cells), the second row of text may be treated as the header row.

CAUSE

When two complete rows of text are at the beginning of the database and the third row contains text and numbers or just numbers, the auto detect features of Microsoft Excel may treat your second row of the database as the header row. This behavior will occur if all of your fields for the second row in your database contain text values. If just one field in this second row contains a numeric value, then your first row of the database will be treated as the header row.

WORKAROUND

If you want all of your rows to be included in the database, and if you want the first row to be treated as the header row, then select all of the cells in your database prior to using either the Sort or the AutoFilter commands.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords: kbprb KB191155