XL: References Updated Incorrectly After Inserting Cells

ID: Q170936

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you insert a range of cells, references that the cells contain may not be updated relative to the addresses of the original cells you selected.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

For more information about inserting cells, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text

  inserting, cells

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Insert cells, rows, or columns" topic.

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : xlformula 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,5.0c,7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 7, 1999