Microsoft KB Archive/289255

= Microsoft Excel does not automatically shift manual page breaks when you delete or insert rows in the Microsoft Excel Workbook 5.0/95 format file =

Article ID: 289255

Article Last Modified on 1/16/2007

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q289255



For a Microsoft Excel 2000 version of this article, see 212062.

For a Microsoft Excel 97 version of this article, see 183999.



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, manual page breaks in a worksheet automatically shift position when you insert or delete rows or columns. However, when you open a file that was saved in the &quot;Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook &quot; file format in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel does not automatically shift manual horizontal page breaks when you delete or insert rows.

NOTE: This behavior persists if the workbook is saved later.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:
 * You select a cell that is not in the first row and click Page Break on the Insert menu to insert a manual horizontal page break in a workbook.

Note In Excel 2007, you select a cell that is not in the first row. Then, you click Break in the Page Setup group on the Page Layout tab, and then click Insert Page Break.

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 * You save the workbook from Microsoft Excel version 5.0 or 7.0 or you save the file from Microsoft Excel in the Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook file format.

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 * You reopen the workbook in Microsoft Excel.

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 * You insert or delete one or more rows earlier the manual horizontal page break in the workbook.



RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, remove and reinsert manual page breaks in the affected document. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Select the cell location of the manual page break.

NOTE: If you do not see the manual page breaks, click Page Setup on the File menu, and then click OK.
 * 1) On the Insert menu, click Remove Page Break.
 * 2) With the same cell location of the manual page break selected, click Page Break on the Insert menu.
 * 3) Repeat steps 1 through 3 for every manual page break on the workbook.



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



MORE INFORMATION
A manual page break in an Excel 5.0/95 workbook remains on the same row when rows are inserted or deleted in Microsoft Excel. Columns shift as in earlier versions of Excel when you insert or delete columns.

Additional query words: XL2002 XL2003 XL2007

Keywords: kbexpertisebeginner kbbug kbpending kbprint KB289255

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