Microsoft KB Archive/38209

Mac Works: Field or Cell Filled with Number Signs (#)

PSS ID Number: Q38209 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

2.0 3.0

MACINTOSH

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= SUMMARY =

A series of number signs (#) will appear in a Microsoft Works database field or in a spreadsheet cell in the following cases:

  A number less than 0 or greater than 49710 is entered in the field or cell and the attributes are set for a date. The range of serial numbers for dates is 0 to 49710; this range is based on the Macintosh operating system. -or-   The attributes for the field or cell are set to Fixed, Dollar, Percent, or Scientific, and the field or cell is not wide enough to display the information. 

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: macworkskb

= Additional reference words: error pound 2.00 3.00 mwksdb mwksss =

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