Article ID: 199972
Article Last Modified on 8/27/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q199972
SYMPTOMS
When you open a workbook that does not contain macros, you may receive the following message:
If you click Disable Macros, you may receive the additional message:
If you click Yes, the workbook opens. If you click No, the workbook does not open. When you open the workbook, you are unable to find any macros.
CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:
- A defined name has been inserted into the workbook.
-and-
- The defined name refers to a constant of 1.5.
WORKAROUND
Assign the name to refer to a cell address and type 1.5 in the cell.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
If you delete the defined name or change the value, the error no longer occurs.
REFERENCES
For more information about cell names, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Excel Help, type the following text
naming, cells
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Determine what a name refers to" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
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