XL98: Crash Pasting Input Cells for a Data Table

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you paste information in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, error messages similar to the following may appear.

   The application "Microsoft Excel" has unexpectedly quit, because an
   error of type 2 occurred.

   You should save your work in other open applications and restart the
   computer.

    -or-

   Sorry, a system error occurred.
   "Microsoft Excel"
   error type 11

CAUSE

This problem may occur when you do the following:

• You select cells that are being used as row input and column input cells in a two-variable data table and click Cut on the Edit menu.

      -and-
  

• You paste the cut cells into a different worksheet.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about data tables, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   data tables, creating