XL97: Page Fault Occurs After Filling Formatting and Saving (175446)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q175446 SYMPTOMS
If you drag the fill handle (the small black square in the corner of the
selection) down a range of cells in Microsoft Excel, and then save the
workbook, you may receive the following error message:
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
If you click Details, you receive an error message similar to the
following:
EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module <unknown> at
0000:0000086c.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if all of the following conditions are true:
- You apply a conditional format to a single cell.
NOTE: A conditional format is a format that Microsoft Excel
automatically applies if the specified condition is true.
-and-
- You select the cell with the conditional format and the cell that
is immediately below it.
-and-
- You click the fill handle and drag it down a large number of rows.
-and-
- You then save the file.
NOTE: The error consistently occurs if you fill more than 2,200 rows.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
When you fill a range in which one of the two originally selected cells has
formatting and the other does not, the formatting alternates between rows
in the range you filled. Given this scenario, every other row, beginning
with the first row in the selection, uses conditional formatting; the other
rows do not use conditional formatting.
REFERENCES
For more information about conditional formatting, click the Index tab in
Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Highlight data that
meets conditions you specify" topic.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/22/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug KB175446 |
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