Microsoft KB Archive/166783

= Error Message: Error in Formula =

Article ID: 166783

Article Last Modified on 11/27/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Pocket Excel 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q166783



SYMPTOMS
If a function in Pocket Excel is exactly 256 characters long, you receive the following error message:

Error in formula. There may be an incorrect number of arguments, a missing operand or parenthesis, or another syntax error.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you exceed the maximum character length for a cell.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, limit the number of characters in the cell to 255 or less.

Additional query words: 1.00

Keywords: kberrmsg KB166783

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