Article ID: 248181
Article Last Modified on 11/5/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q248181
SYMPTOMS
If you copy a range of cells containing an array formula and paste it to another range, Excel may crash, and you may receive the following error message:
If you click Details, you receive an error message similar to the following:
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- You copy a range containing an array formula and paste it into another range.
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- The target range for the paste operation contains a merged cell.
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- The merged cell is not part of the first row or first column of the paste region.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).
To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.
Additional query words: XL2000 crash crashes crashing crashed quit quitting quits fail fails failing failed break
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB248181
