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XL97: Error Printing Microsoft Excel Section in a Binder

Article ID: 160342

Article Last Modified on 9/7/2001

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q160342

SYMPTOMS

When you print a Microsoft Excel section in a Binder you may receive the following error message:

This action cannot be completed because the "Microsoft Excel" program is busy. Click the appropriate button on the task bar to activate the busy program and correct the problem.

If you then click Cancel, you will receive the following error message

An error has occurred printing section.
<Section name>
Do you want to continue printing the binder document?

where <Section name> is the name of the section you are printing.

If you click No, you will receive the following error message:

An error occurred while printing the binder. There may not be enough memory available on your computer. Close other programs and then try printing again.

Your only option in this last error message is to click OK.

CAUSE

These errors may occur if the Microsoft Excel section is in edit mode when you print the Binder section. Edit mode is activated when you use in-cell editing (which allows you to edit the cell contents directly on the worksheet) or when the insertion point is located in the formula bar. You cannot print a Microsoft Excel document while it is in edit mode.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, press ENTER or ESC to deactivate edit mode, and then print the section.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

You may also receive an error when you activate edit mode and print a worksheet from within Microsoft Excel.

REFERENCES

For more information about edit mode, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

editing data

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Edit Cell Contents" topic.

For more information about printing a Microsoft Excel section, click the Index tab in Binder Help, type the following text

Printing

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Sections" topic.

Additional query words: XL97 This action cannot be completed because the Microsoft Excel program is busy

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbfix kbprint kbualink97 KB160342