XL5: GPF Editing Word Object Linked to Embedded Word Object

ID: Q109574


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SYMPTOMS

If you link information from a Microsoft Word document object embedded in a Microsoft Excel worksheet to another worksheet, one of the following occurs:


WORKAROUND

SYMPTOM 1

To link information from an embedded Microsoft Word document object to a worksheet in Microsoft Excel without receiving the GP fault, link the information to the worksheet that contains the embedded object. The error only occurs when information is linked from an embedded Microsoft Word document object on one worksheet to another worksheet.

SYMPTOM 2

When the XLSTART directory contains a workbook autotemplate, you cannot link information from an embedded Microsoft Word document object to a worksheet in Microsoft Excel without receiving the error message above. You can, however, use the Paste option in the Paste Link dialog box, to insert the information as an embedded object, text or a picture.


MORE INFORMATION

When you double-click a Microsoft Word 6.0 Document object that has been embedded in a Microsoft Excel worksheet, the document object is activated and you can edit the information in the document while you are still in Microsoft Excel. When you double-click a Microsoft Word 6.0 document object that has been linked to a worksheet, Microsoft Word is started, and the file is opened and you can edit the information in the document from within Microsoft Word.


REFERENCES

For more information about Embedding New Information In A Microsoft Excel Document, choose the Search button in Help and type:

embedded objects, creating


For more information about Linking A Document From Another Application To A Microsoft Excel Worksheet, choose the Search button in Help and type:

Paste Special command (Edit menu)

Additional query words: 6.00 6.00a officeinterop gpf


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Version           : 5.00
Platform          : WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: July 29, 1999