Microsoft KB Archive/181711

= XL98: "Reference Is Not Valid" Error Message Appears When You Click a Hyperlink =

Article ID: 181711

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 Q181711



SYMPTOMS
When you click a hyperlink in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you may receive the following error message:

Reference is not valid.



CAUSE
This error message appears if you click a hyperlink that is linked to any of the following objects in a Microsoft Excel workbook:
 * A drawing object or AutoShape
 * A chart sheet
 * An embedded chart
 * An embedded object, such as an embedded Microsoft Word document
 * A Visual Basic for Applications module, class module, or UserForm
 * A defined name that refers to any of the previously listed objects



MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, when you insert a hyperlink to a workbook, you can link only to individual cells, ranges of cells, and defined names that refer to individual cells or ranges in worksheets and Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro sheets.

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords: kbualink97 kbweb kbui kbprb KB181711

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