Microsoft KB Archive/66625

Multiplan: Printing an Ampersand (&) in a Header or Footer PSS ID Number: Q66625 Article last modified on 01-10-1991 PSS database name: D_MPlan

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Summary:

Multiplan uses the ampersand (&) character as a command character to control formatting of the header or footer. Because of this, if the header requires an ampersand to print, as in the name “Cats & Dogs,” the ampersand will be acted on as if it were a control character. The consequence is that the expected output will be altered, sometimes significantly.

The solution is to enter a double ampersand (for example, “Cats && Dogs”). Only a single ampersand will print and the desired formatting will not be altered.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.