ID: Q119569
5.00 WINDOWS kbother
The information in this article applies to:
In Microsoft Excel, if you use the Find dialog box, while a chart sheet is active, you receive a general protection (GP) fault.
Normally, you cannot use the Find dialog box when a chart sheet is the active sheet in Microsoft Excel. However, if you choose the New Data command from the Insert menu on a chart sheet, select a worksheet tab, and then press CTRL+F, the Find dialog box appears. If you then enter text to search for, you receive a GP fault because the chart sheet is the active sheet.
To avoid receiving a GP fault, do not use the Find dialog box while the New Data dialog box is open to add data to a chart.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel version 5.0c.
In Microsoft Excel version 5.0c and 7.0, you cannot use the Find dialog box while the New Data dialog box is displayed. CTRL+F does not display the Find dialog box in this case, but instead causes your computer to beep.
Note that you cannot use the Find dialog box, either by choosing Find from the Edit menu, or by pressing CTRL+F, on a chart sheet, or a dialog sheet.
For more information about Finding Text Or Numbers, choose the Search button in Help and type:
finding, text
Additional reference words: 5.00 gpf
Version : 5.00
Platform : WINDOWSLast Reviewed: September 14, 1996