Microsoft KB Archive/229040

= XL2000: Blank Space Appears Around Objects in Web Page Saved in Excel =

Article ID: 229040

Article Last Modified on 9/25/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q229040



SYMPTOMS
When you open a Web page that you have saved in Microsoft Excel, blank space appears around objects on the page.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:  Your Excel worksheet contains one or more of the following objects:

 Charts Office Art Clip Art Objects Pictures Text Boxes WordArt</li> Any object inserted from the Object dialog box.</li></ul>

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</li> One or more of the objects are positioned over cells that contain non-default formatting or data.

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</li> You save your Excel workbook in the HTML file format.

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</li> You open the HTML file in one of the following Web browsers:

<ul> Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0x</li> Netscape Navigator 3.0x</li></ul> </li></ul>

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WORKAROUND
To work around the problem, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open the file in Excel.
 * 2) Position any objects on the worksheet so that they do not overlap cells that contain data.
 * 3) Save the file.

The next time that you open the file in your Web browser, the page will be displayed correctly.

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MORE INFORMATION
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Additional query words: XL2000 html

Keywords: kbchart kbprb KB229040

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