Microsoft KB Archive/69265

Worksheet Display Not Properly Updating in Excel PSS ID Number: Q69265 Article last modified on 02-26-1993 PSS database name: W_eXceL

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WINDOWS

Summary:

If an area of the current worksheet is highlighted and the Lotus 1-2-3 Help keys are used, the contents of the highlighted cells may be invisible until the screen is refreshed by scrolling.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Excel for Windows version 3.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel for Windows version 4.0.

More Information:

Steps to Reproduce Problem
  From the Options menu, choose Workspace. Select the Lotus 1-2-3 Help radio button. Choose OK.   Enter the following on the worksheet: A1: 1 A2: 2   Highlight cells A1-A2.   Press the slash key (/) and choose Graph.   Select Name.   Select Create.   Press ENTER. 

Note that the contents of cell A2 are no longer displaying.

Solution
To correct the problem, scroll the non-displaying cells off of the screen and back again.

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