XL: Unable to Select Sheets After Using Spelling Checker

ID: Q169252

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you click Cancel in the Spelling dialog box, you cannot switch to worksheets (tabs) in a workbook.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you do all of the following:

• You select (group) two or more worksheets in the workbook.

      -and-
  

• You select more than one cell in the active worksheet.

      -and-
  

• You click Spelling on the Tools menu or click the Spelling tool.

      -and-
  

• You click Cancel after you click one of the following operations in the Spelling dialog box:

        Add
        Change
        Change All
        Ignore
        Ignore All
  

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the following steps:

1. Save and close the workbook.

2. Quit and restart Microsoft Excel, and then open the workbook.

To avoid this problem in the future, run the spelling checker on each worksheet individually. If you want to check the spelling on multiple worksheets, select one cell instead of multiple cells after you group the worksheets.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: xl97 xl7 discontiguous tab

Keywords          : xlproof 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 7, 1999