Microsoft KB Archive/188781

= XL97: "Help Topic Does Not Exist" Error with Data Analysis Tools =

Article ID: 188781

Article Last Modified on 10/21/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q188781



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, when you click the Help button for a Data Analysis tool, you may receive the following error message:

The topic does not exist. Contact your application vendor for an updated Help file (129).



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you click the Help button in a dialog box for any of the Data Analysis Tools.



WORKAROUND
To view Help for any of the Data Analysis tools, click Contents And Index on the Help menu and search for the tool by name. For example, to view the Help topic for the Anova tool, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Help menu, click Contents And Index.
 * 2) Click the Index tab. Type Anova, and then click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows.



MORE INFORMATION
The following tools do not have Help topics while you are using the Data Analysis Tools menu command:

Anova: Single Factor

Anova: Two Factor with Replication

Anova: Two Factor without Replication

F-Test: Two Sample for Variances

t-Test: Paired Two Sample for Means

t-Test: Two Sample Assuming Equal Variances

t-Test: Two Sample Assuming Unequal Variances

z-Test: Two Sample for Means

