Article ID: 185017
Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q185017
SYMPTOMS
When you right-click an embedded Microsoft Excel worksheet contained in a Microsoft Word 97 document, point to Worksheet Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open, you may receive the following error messages:
-and-
CAUSE
This problem may occur if the following circumstances are true:
- In Microsoft Word version 6.0 or Microsoft Word version 7.0, you embed a Microsoft Excel file into your document. -and-
- The Excel file contains a Visual Basic for Applications module sheet. -and-
- You perform the following steps:
- You right-click the embedded Excel object, point to Worksheet Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open.
- In Excel, you click "Close & Return to <Document>", where <Document> is the name of the Word document.
- You right-click the embedded Excel object, point to Worksheet Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open.
RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).
For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).
Additional query words: XL97 WD97
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug KB185017
