AutoSelect May Detect a Double Header (135717)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0c
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 5.0
- Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 5.0a
- Microsoft Excel for Windows NT 5.0
This article was previously published under Q135717 SYMPTOMS
When the first two rows of your database contain all text and you click
Sort or AutoFilter on the Data menu (commands that automatically select a
range of cells), the second row of text may be treated as the header row.
CAUSE
When two complete rows of text are at the beginning of the database and
the third row contains text and numbers or just numbers, the auto detect
features of Microsoft Excel may treat your second row of the database as
the header row. This behavior will occur if all of your fields for the
second row in your database contain text values. If just one field in this
second row contains a numeric value, then your first row of the database
will be treated as the header row.
WORKAROUND
If you want all of your rows to be included in the database, and if you
want the first row to be treated as the header row, then select all of the
cells in your database prior to using either the Sort or the AutoFilter
commands.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending KB135717 |
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