Microsoft KB Archive/130586

= OFF95: Can't Select Multiple Files in Office Open Dialog Box =

Article ID: 130586

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q130586





SYMPTOMS
If you use the Open A Document button on the Office toolbar (on the Office Shortcut Bar), and then use the SHIFT or CONTROL key to select multiple files, the first file you click does not remain selected when you click another file.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because you cannot select multiple files in the Microsoft Office Open dialog box. This dialog box allows you to open files of any type from the My Documents folder by default.

When you use the Open dialog box in one of the individual Office programs, you can select multiple files by holding down the CONTROL key while you click the individual files or by holding down the SHIFT key to select a group of files in sequence. However, the Office Open dialog box does not have this functionality.

Note that when you select a file in the Office Open dialog box and click Open, the program for which the file is registered starts or is activated, and the file is opened in that program.



RESOLUTION
To open multiple files, use the Open dialog box (File menu) in the program in which the files can be opened. Use the SHIFT key to select a group of files in sequence or the CONTROL key to select individual files you want to open.



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 for Windows.

