Microsoft KB Archive/176636

= OFF: Worksheet Is Not Completely Redrawn After Deleting a Worksheet =

Article ID: 176636

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Office 4.2 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Office 4.21 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0a for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q176636



SYMPTOMS
If you delete a worksheet in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article, the active worksheet may be redrawn very poorly. For example, gridlines, row and column headers, and the cell outline may not appear on the screen.



CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:


 * You copy a range of cells in a Microsoft Excel worksheet, switch to Microsoft Word, and link to the cells by clicking Paste Special on the Edit menu and clicking Paste Link. -and-


 * In Microsoft Excel, you delete the worksheet that contains the cells that you copied and pasted into Microsoft Word.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, click a different worksheet. After you do this, the problem no longer occurs.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: XL5

Keywords: kbinterop kbui kbprb KB176636

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