DOCUMENT:Q139439 13-APR-2000 [homemm] TITLE :Bookshelf 95: Copy to Excel Command Does not Work PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles PROD/VER:WINDOWS:; Win95:7.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Bookshelf '95 for Windows 95 - Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== The Copy To Excel command in Bookshelf does not work if there is a cell being edited in Excel. When you click Copy To Excel on the Bookshelf Edit menu, you are returned to Excel and the Copy to Excel dialog box is not displayed, and the copy operation is not completed. CAUSE ===== When the Copy To Excel command is selected in Bookshelf, Excel is in native mode (called a modal state). In this mode, Excel does not realize Bookshelf has requested integration services to copy data into a cell. The Paste portion of the command is not completed. RESOLUTION ========== Select an empty cell in Excel, but do not try to edit the cell contents. When you use the Copy to Excel command in Bookshelf, you are returned to Excel and the Copy to Excel dialog box is displayed. Additional query words: 1995, 32-bit version multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm not copied working 7.0 excel o.l.e. object-linking-embedding linking linked link embedded embed object ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbExcelSearch kbHomeMMsearch kbExcel700 kbBookshelfSearch kbExcel95Search kbBookShelf1995 Version : WINDOWS:; Win95:7.0 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.