SBFM97: Currency Changes Sign in Profitability Analysis

ID: Q169887

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you type text into a cell of a Profitability Analysis workbook that you create with the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager 97, the pound sterling currency symbol is replaced by the U.S. dollar sign.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you do the following:

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

1. On the Edit menu, point to Clear, and then click Contents.

2. Retype the value (not text) in the problem cell.

   NOTE: The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications run-time
   error message appears:

      Run-time error '13':
      Type mismatch.

3. Click End.

   The value is reformatted with the correct currency symbol.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : kbtool xlsbfm 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 1, 1998