XL98: Attached Toolbar Is Not Saved in 5.0/95 File Format (179005)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q179005

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, when you save a workbook, a custom toolbar that is attached to the workbook may not be saved.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you save the workbook in the Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook file format.

NOTE: If you save the workbook in the Microsoft Excel Workbook file format, an attached toolbar is saved with the workbook.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you can attach custom toolbars to workbooks. If a workbook contains an attached toolbar, the toolbar is available to every user who opens the workbook.

To attach a custom toolbar to a workbook, follow these steps:
  1. Point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Customize.
  2. Click Attach.
  3. In the list of Custom Toolbars, click the toolbar that you want to attach to the active workbook, and click Copy.

    Repeat this step for each toolbar you want to attach to the workbook.
  4. Click OK, and then click Close.

REFERENCES

For more information about attaching toolbars to workbooks, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index button in Microsoft Excel 98 Help, type the following text

toolbars, attaching to workbook

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Attach a custom toolbar to a workbook" topic.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/11/2002
Keywords:kbprb kbui KB179005
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