Microsoft KB Archive/181962

= XL98: Preview Available on Blank Sheet with Merged Cells =

Article ID: 181962

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q181962



SYMPTOMS
When you click Print Preview on the File menu or you click the Print Preview toolbar button, Microsoft Excel displays a blank page.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:


 * The worksheet contains merged cells. -and-


 * The worksheet does not contain any data.



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.



Example
To see an example of this behavior, follow these steps:

 Start Microsoft Excel 98. On the File menu, click Print Preview.

Note that the following error message appears:

Microsoft Excel did not find anything to print.

Click OK. Select cells A1:B1. On the Format menu, click Cells. In the Format Cells dialog box, click the Alignment tab. Click Merge Cells and click OK. On the File menu, click Print Preview.

Note that Excel displays a blank page.

