Microsoft KB Archive/277592

= Delete Watch button is available even though no listed cells are selected in Excel =

Article ID: 277592

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2007
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q277592





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, when you use the Watch Window toolbar to monitor cells in a worksheet, the Delete Watch button may unexpectedly be available (not dimmed) even though none of the listed cells on the Watch Window toolbar are selected.

However, if you click the Delete Watch button, one of the listed cells is deleted from the list.

Note To launch the Watch Window dialog box in Excel 2007, click the Formulas tab, and then click Watch Window in the Formula Auditing group.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
To see an example of this issue, follow these steps:
 * 1) Select a range of cells in a worksheet.
 * 2) Click Add Watch on the Watch Window toolbar.
 * 3) Select one of the items listed on the Watch Window toolbar.

Notice that the selected item is highlighted.

Notice that the Delete Watch button is now available (not dimmed).
 * 1) Click Add Watch on the Watch Window toolbar, and then click Cancel.

Notice that the Delete Watch button is still available, even though the selected item in the Watch Window toolbar is still selected but dimmed.

Additional query words: XL2002 XL2003 XL2007

Keywords: kbexpertisebeginner kbbug kbpending KB277592

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