XL98: Nothing Happens When You Click Outside Spelling Dialog Box (176864)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q176864 SYMPTOMS
If you click outside the Spelling dialog box in Microsoft Excel 98
Macintosh Edition, the computer beeps twice but nothing else happens.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:
- You click Spelling on the Tools menu to start the spelling checker, and
the spelling checker finds a word that is not in the dictionary.
-and-
- You attempt to click outside the Spelling dialog box.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, click Cancel to stop the spelling checker,
perform the actions you want, and then return to the spelling checker. To
return to the spelling checker, click Spelling on the Tools menu.
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.
REFERENCES
For more information about the spelling checker, click the Index tab in
Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Check spelling or
automatically correct spelling" topic.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/11/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug KB176864 |
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