XL97: "File not Found" Error Activating Excel Object

ID: Q185017

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you right-click an embedded Microsoft Excel worksheet contained in a Microsoft Word 97 document, point to Worksheet Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open, you may receive the following error messages:

   Microsoft Excel
   File not found

    -and-

   Microsoft Word
   Word cannot edit the Microsoft Excel Worksheet.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the following circumstances are true:

In Microsoft Word version 6.0 or Microsoft Word version 7.0, you embed a Microsoft Excel file into your document.
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    -and-
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The Excel file contains a Visual Basic for Applications module sheet.
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    -and-
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You perform the following steps:

    1. You right-click the embedded Excel object, point to Worksheet
       Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open.

    2. In Excel, you click "Close & Return to <Document>", where <Document
       is the name of the Word document.

    3. You right-click the embedded Excel object, point to Worksheet
       Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q151261
   TITLE     : OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

STATUS

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 Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

Additional query words: XL97 WD97

Keywords          : kbdta
Version           : WINDOWS: 97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: November 1, 1998