Microsoft KB Archive/214266

= XL2000: Error Message: The Command You Chose Cannot Be Performed with Multiple Selections =

Article ID: 214266

Article Last Modified on 10/6/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q214266





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if you select a range that includes nonadjacent cells and attempt to perform a command on those cells, you may receive an error message similar to the following:

The command you chose cannot be performed with multiple selections. Select a single range and click the command again.



CAUSE
The error message appears in Microsoft Excel when you use one of the following commands with a nonadjacent cell range.

AutoFormat

Sort

AutoFilter

Form

SubTotals

Text to Columns

Group and Outline



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

214080 XL2000: Error Message: That Command Cannot Be Used on Multiple Selections

Additional query words: export XL2000

Keywords: kberrmsg kbualink97 kbprb KB214266

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