Microsoft KB Archive/184900

= XL97: Errors Activating Embedded Object Containing PivotTable =

Article ID: 184900

Article Last Modified on 9/22/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q184900



SYMPTOMS
When you try to double-click or update a Microsoft Excel worksheet object that is contained in a file that was created in another program, such as Microsoft Word, you may receive the following error messages:

Unable to obtain PivotTable data from disk.

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Memory was used up attempting to convert and save. PivotTables(s) will be refreshed upon the first update.

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Cannot be accessed. The file may be read-only, or you may be trying to access a read-only location. Or the server the document is stored on may not be responding.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:


 * The Excel worksheet contains a PivotTable. -and-


 * You have created the Excel worksheet in an earlier version of Excel. -and-


 * You are opening the embedded Excel object in Excel 97.



RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 2 (SR- 2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

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