XL98: Comments in Templates May Appear Truncated (185391)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q185391

SYMPTOMS

When you use one of the templates from Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, the comments in the templates may be truncated.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the size of the Comment object is too small.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, enlarge the size of the comment. To resize a comment, follow these steps:
  1. Hold down CONTROL and click the cell containing the comment.

    NOTE: The cell containing the comment will have a red marker in the upper-right corner of the cell.
  2. Click Edit Comment on the menu that appears.

    The comment will be activated.
  3. Resize the comment by dragging one of the handles.
  4. When you have finished resizing the comment, click any other cell on the worksheet.
To view the newly resized comment, move your pointer over the cell that contains the comment that you just resized.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 98.

REFERENCES

For more information about Comments, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

comments, overview

and then click Show Topics. Select the "About adding comments and hightlighting changes in a workbook" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/11/2002
Keywords:kbbug KB185391
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