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XL98: "Document Not Saved" Saving File Created from Template

Article ID: 192366

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002


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SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel when you attempt to save a workbook you may receive the following error message:
Document Not Saved

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:
  • The workbook was created from a template that contained an embedded object.

    -and-
  • You have inserted a worksheet into your workbook from a template.

    -and-
  • The template contains an embedded object.

WORKAROUND

To save your work, you must first delete the embedded objects in your workbook.

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: kberrmsg kbbug kbpending KB192366