Article ID: 312266
Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel X for Mac
- Microsoft Excel 2001 for Mac
This article was previously published under Q312266
SYMPTOMS
When you try to drag a field to the Data area of a PivotTable, Microsoft Excel X for Mac may quit unexpectedly or stop responding (hang).
CAUSE
This behavior occurs if both of the following conditions are true:
- A field name is 122 characters or longer.
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- You drag the field name to the Data (or Drop Data Items Here) area of a PivotTable.
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, shorten the length of the field name for the data to be used for the PivotTable.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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