Microsoft KB Archive/299846

= OFF2001: &quot;Run-time Error '6'; Overflow&quot; When You Use Visual Basic for Applications =

Article ID: 299846

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2001 for Mac
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac
 * Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q299846



SYMPTOMS
If you use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) functions in any of the Office 2001 programs listed at the beginning of this article, the calculation may display the following error message:

Run-time error '6';

Overflow



CAUSE
This problem can occur when some long decimal values are used in calculations in VBA.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, download and install the Microsoft Office 2001 Service Release 1 file. To do so, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/office2001/update_905.xml&secid=10&ssid=25&flgnosysreq=True



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac Service Release 1.

