Microsoft KB Archive/264864

= XL97: Excel Quits Unexpectedly When You Paste Array Formulas into Merged Cells =

Article ID: 264864

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q264864



SYMPTOMS
When you copy a cell range that contains an array formula, and you paste it to another range that contains merged cells, Excel stops responding, and you receive an error message similar to the following:

The instruction at &quot;0x300d83b6&quot; referenced memory at &quot;0x00000010&quot;. The memory could not be &quot;read&quot;.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you paste the cell range as formulas (on the Edit menu, click Paste Special, and then click Formulas in the Paste Special dialog box).



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, clear the formats of the destination cell range before you paste the formulas. (On the Edit menu, point to Clear, and then click Formats.)



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 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

Additional query words: excel97 xl97 arrayformula merged pastespecial errmsg hang hung crash

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB264864

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