XL98: RETURN and Arrow Keys Don't Work When Movie Is Playing (179459)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q179459 SYMPTOMS
When you work in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, the following
problems may occur:
- When you press the RETURN key or any of the arrow keys, Microsoft
Excel 98 Macintosh Edition behaves as though you did not press the key,
for example:
- If you are editing a cell and you press RETURN, the cell remains in
edit mode.
- If you press RETURN while a dialog box is displayed on the screen,
the dialog box is not dismissed.
- If you attempt to select a cell by using the arrow keys, the
selection does not change.
-and-
- In the Visual Basic Editor, if you click References on the Tools menu
and then click the Browse button, you are unable to select any files
or even scroll through the list of files in the dialog box.
CAUSE
These problems may occur if the following conditions are true:
- In one window, you insert a movie object into a worksheet, and then use
the Loop tool on the Movie toolbar to set the movie to loop.
-and-
- You start the movie by clicking the Play tool on the Movie toolbar.
-and-
- While the movie is playing, you switch to a second window and resume
working.
For steps that demonstrate this problem, see the "More Information" section
in this article.
For information about a related problem, please see the following article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
178762 XL98: Movie Object Begins Scrolling When You Use Arrow Keys
RESOLUTION
To resolve these problem, do either of the following:
- Press the ENTER key on the numeric keypad instead of the RETURN key.
The ENTER key is not intercepted by the movie object.
-or-
- Stop the movie from repeating by following these steps:
- Select the movie object by clicking it.
- Point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Movie.
- On the Movie toolbar, click the Loop tool.
Note that when you do this, the movie plays only once when you
click the Play tool.
You cannot use the arrow keys while the movie is repeating. If you want to
use the arrow keys, first stop the movie.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/11/2002 |
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Keywords: | kbbug KB179459 |
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