Microsoft KB Archive/71434

= Minus Key Results in EXT Message in Status Bar =

Article ID: 71434

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q71434





SYMPTOMS
Tetris for Windows version 2.0, which is packaged with the Windows Entertainment Pack, causes the MINUS (-) key on the numeric keypad to display the message &quot;EXT&quot; in the right side of the status bar in Microsoft Excel. Therefore, the extended selection mode is invoked and it is not possible to use the numeric keypad to enter a negative number. The number will be entered in the cell, but it will be entered as positive instead of negative.



WORKAROUND
Quit and restart Windows.



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

Additional query words: 3.0 4.0 5.0 97 XL

Keywords: KB71434

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