Sounds Not Converted with Cell Notes (156200)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q156200

SYMPTOMS

When you display a cell comment, the following message may appear at the top of the comment:
[Sound not converted]

CAUSE

This behavior may occur when the all of following conditions are true:
  • You create a workbook in an earlier version of Microsoft Excel. -and-

  • You insert a cell note. -and-

  • You import a sound into the cell note. -and-

  • You open the workbook in Microsoft Excel 97 or Excel 98.
Microsoft Excel 97 and Excel 98 convert cell notes into cell comments when you open a workbook that was created in an earlier version. However, sound notes are NOT supported in Microsoft Excel 97 and Excel 98, and the message is displayed.

WORKAROUND

When the "[Sound not converted]" message appears, you can leave the message in the comment, edit the message text, or delete the comment.

To edit a cell comment, follow these steps:
  1. Select the cell that contains the cell comment.
  2. On the Insert menu, click Edit Comment.
  3. Edit the comment.
  4. Click any cell on the worksheet to stop editing the comment.
NOTE: If you want to clear the comment from a cell, select the cell that contains the comment, point to Clear on the Edit menu, and click Comments.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. If you want to delete the "[Sound not converted]" message text from any comments on the worksheet, use the following steps:
  1. Type the following macro code into a Visual Basic module: 
      Sub Clear_Comment_Message()
         On Error Resume Next
         For Each x In Selection
            cell_comment = ""
            cell_comment = x.Comment.Text
            If cell_comment <> "" Then
               If InStr(cell_comment, "[Sound not converted]") Then
                  cell_comment = Right(cell_comment, Len(cell_comment) _
                     - 22)
                  x.Comment.Text cell_comment
               End If
            End If
         Next x
      End Sub
  2. Select the range of cells on the worksheet that contains the comments you want to change.
  3. Run the Clear_Comment_Message macro.
The text "[Sound not converted]" will be removed from any comments in the selected range that contain the text.

REFERENCES

For more information about Cell Comments, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

cell contents, comments

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add a comment to a cell" topic.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
Keywords:kbualink97 KB156200
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