XL97: "Before You Save..." Error When Quitting Program (177857)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q177857

SYMPTOMS

When you try to quit Microsoft Excel, the following error message appears in the Office Assistant balloon:
Before you save...

Other people may not have the latest version of Office, so if you plan to share this file, you should save it in the following format:

Microsoft Excel 97 & 5.0/95 workbook
  • Use suggested format
  • Don't use suggested format
  • See what might be lost

CAUSE

This message appears when you do the following:

  • You save the workbook in the Microsoft Excel 97 & 5.0/95 Workbook format. -and-

  • You quit the program.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1) and Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Excel 97 (non-SR-1) does not display an alert message under the same circumstances, but you instead receive the Save As dialog box with the Save As Type option incorrectly set to "Microsoft Excel Workbook (*.xls)." The following tables describe when Excel 97 SR-1 and Excel 97 SR-2 display balloon alert messages for the default save.

In the following tables, an "UnSaved" workbook is one that you have not saved during the current session of Excel (for example, an unsaved new workbook or a workbook that you have changed but have not saved). A "Saved" workbook is one that you have saved during the current session. A workbook is considered "dirty" if you have made any changes to it in the current session.

Excel 97

   Excel 97
   --------

   Action      Saved Dirty      UnSaved Dirty
   ------      -----------        -------------

   Save        N                Y
   SaveAs      Y                Y
   Close       N                Y
   Exit        N                N


   Excel 97, SR-1 or SR-2
   ----------------------

   Action      Saved Dirty      UnSaved Dirty
   ------      -----------      -------------

   Save        N                Y
   SaveAs      Y                Y
   Close       N                Y
   Exit        Y                Y
NOTE: The one difference is in the Exit action.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/22/2000
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb KB177857
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