Article ID: 139132
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q139132
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, cell notes may become corrupted when one worksheet cell has multiple notes. In addition ,the following error may be displayed when you open the file:
After this error message occurs, cell notes will be incorrect or lost.
CAUSE
This problem occurs you copy and paste cells with notes such that some cells overlap in the copy and paste ranges.
RESOLUTION
To avoid this problem, make sure that when you copy and paste cells with notes, that you paste the copied cells to a non-overlapping range. Note that once you do this, you can then copy from that range and paste to the desired range.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel version 5.0 for Windows, Microsoft Excel version 5.0 for Windows NT and Microsoft Excel version 5.0 for the Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
REFERENCES
For more information about cell notes, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 7.0 Help, type the following text
notes, cell
and then double-click the text that most resembles the topic you are interested in.
"Microsoft Excel User's Guide," version 5.0, pages 675-677
Additional query words: XL
Keywords: KB139132
