XL97: Warning Saving Workbook if It Contains a Sound Note (160333)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q160333 SYMPTOMS
When you save a Microsoft Excel 5.0 or 7.0 workbook in the Microsoft Excel
97 file format, you may receive the following warning:
<Workbook name> contains sound notes.
If you save <Workbook name> in Microsoft Excel 97 format, the sound
notes will be permanently lost. To keep the sound notes, make a copy of
the workbook, and then open the copy only in Microsoft Excel 5.0 or
Microsoft Excel 95.
Do you want to save this workbook in Microsoft Excel 97 format?
where <Workbook name> is the name of the workbook you are saving.
CAUSE
This problem may occur if all of the following conditions are true: - You open a Microsoft Excel 5.0 or 7.0 workbook that contains a sound
note in Microsoft Excel 97.
-and-
- You subsequently delete the worksheet that contains the sound note.
-and-
- You save the workbook in the Microsoft Excel 97 file format.
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows does not convert sound notes from files that
you saved in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. When you delete the
worksheet in which you originally inserted the sound note, and you then
save the workbook in the Microsoft Excel 97 format, Microsoft Excel does
not keep track of the sound note.
WORKAROUND
To workaround this problem, delete the worksheet that contains the sound
note, and then save the file in the "Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook"
format. Then, close the workbook and reopen it. After you reopen the file,
save the workbook in the Microsoft Excel 97 format.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 97 for
Windows.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/22/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbualink97 KB160333 |
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