Microsoft KB Archive/282152

= XL2002: Unable to Reference a Cell by Dictating a Letter Followed by a Number =

Article ID: 282152

Article Last Modified on 5/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q282152





SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to reference a worksheet cell by dictating a letter followed by a number into the Reference box of the Go To dialog box in Microsoft Excel, the following behavior occurs:  The letter appears as expected, but the number that you dictate does not appear in numeric format.

For example, when you say &quot;B,&quot; and then say the number &quot;5,&quot; the following text appears:

B five

 If you then use the Forcenum command to attempt to force the spoken number to be displayed in numeric format, the Forcenum command itself is displayed, and the number appears in text format.

For example, when you say &quot;B,&quot; and then say &quot;Forcenum 5,&quot; text similar to the following appears

B forcenum five



whereas you expect the spoken number to appear in numeric format.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Speech recognition is a feature in Microsoft Office that allows you to dictate text into any Office program. With this feature, you can select menu, toolbar, and dialog box items by using your voice.

