XL97: Embedded Object May Be Deleted from the Worksheet

ID: Q184141

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

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          : kbdta xlui 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: November 6, 1998