Microsoft KB Archive/176006

= Cannot Remove Auditing Arrows by Using Trace Tools =

Article ID: 176006

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2003

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

-



This article was previously published under Q176006



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if you select cells with auditing arrows, hold down SHIFT, and then click either the Trace Precedents tool or the Trace Dependents tool on the Auditing toolbar, the auditing arrows are not removed from the cells.

NOTE: In Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and 7.0, the auditing arrows are removed from the selected cells when you hold down the SHIFT key and click either of the tools.



WORKAROUND
To remove a precedent or dependent arrow from a cell in a worksheet, select the cell, and then click either the Remove Precedent Arrows tool or the Remove Dependent Arrows tool on the Auditing toolbar.

If you want to remove all auditing arrows from the active worksheet, click the Remove All Arrows tool on the Auditing toolbar.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel, you can use the tools on the Auditing toolbar to determine which cells are dependent on values in other cells and which cells provide data to other cells in a worksheet. You can also use the Auditing toolbar to trace error values in a worksheet.

Additional query words: XL97 commandbar XL98 XL

Keywords: kbbug KB176006

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.