Microsoft KB Archive/108424

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XL5: Selected Pattern Doesn't Appear as Sample in Dialog Box
Last reviewed: March 27, 1997

Article ID: Q108424

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
 * Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, the Pattern box and Sample will be empty when you select a pattern on the Patterns tab in the Format Cells dialog box when the selected cells contain mixed patterns.

CAUSE
When the selected cells contain mixed patterns, the Pattern box and Sample will not display a pattern until you choose both a pattern and a pattern color.

WORKAROUND
To display a sample of the pattern in the Pattern box when the selected cells contain mixed patterns, choose both a color and a pattern from the Pattern box.

MORE INFORMATION
When you choose a pattern from the Pattern box in the Format Cells dialog box, the pattern will be applied to the selected cells when you choose OK, even if no pattern is displayed in the Pattern box or the Sample.