Microsoft KB Archive/79621

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Last reviewed: November 30, 1994

Article ID: Q79621 The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a
 * Microsoft Excel for OS/2, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS
If you save a chart template from Microsoft Excel that contains attached or unattached text that is an external reference to a cell on a saved worksheet, the error message &quot;Filename is not valid&quot; appears whenever you open the template.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Microsoft Excel version 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION
When you open a Microsoft Excel chart template that contains text (attached or unattached) that is a reference to a cell on a saved worksheet, the filename that appears in the reference is a concatenation of the chart template name and the worksheet name, that is:

.XLT .XLS! This problem does not occur when the referenced worksheet has not been saved, however, the file must be open for the reference to be valid.