XL98: Cannot Print a Help Topic in Print Preview

 Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
Article ID: Q177987
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

If you click Print Preview on the File menu and click the Help button (the button with the question mark) to display MS Excel Help, the Print Topic command and the Page Setup command are unavailable on the File menu. These commands are normally available when you view Help from other views in Microsoft Excel.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, switch from print preview mode to a different mode, and then print the Help topic. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Click Close on the File menu to quit MS Excel Help.

  2. Click Close to close print preview.

  3. Click Microsoft Excel Help on the Help menu to display the Office Assistant.

  4. Type "print preview" (without the quotation marks) or type any other text for the Help topic you want, and then click Search.

  5. Click the item in the bulleted list to display the Help topic for the item.

  6. Click Print Topic (or Page Setup) on the File menu to print the topic.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

For more information about printing, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text 

   printing
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "overview" topic.

Additional query words: XL98
Keywords : xlhelp xlmac xlprint kbprint
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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