XL98: Fill Colors Changed to Black or Not Saved in WK3 File (178963)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q178963 SYMPTOMS
When you open a Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3 format file in Microsoft Excel 98,
the fill color of a range of cells may be changed to black. If you open the
file in Lotus 1-2-3, the cells are no longer formatted with a fill color.
CAUSE
The problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you create a worksheet and
apply a fill color to a range of cells in the worksheet.
NOTE: To apply a fill color, follow these steps:
- Select the cell range.
- Click Cells on the Format menu.
- Click the Patterns tab, and then click a color.
-and-
- You click Save As on the File menu and save the file in the
"WK3,FM3(1-2-3)" format.
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 shading cells, click Contents and Index on the
Help menu, click the Index button in MS Excel Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Shade cells with
solid colors" topic.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/11/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kb3rdparty kbbug KB178963 |
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