XL97: No Help on Link for Formatting Can't Be Converted to HTML (188992)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q188992

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel Help, when you click on the following link

Some aspects of Microsoft Excel formatting cannot be converted to HTML. For more information, click >>.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is not listed as a file format.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

In Microsoft Excel Help, one of the topics is "Publish Microsoft Excel data on a Web." When you view that topic and click the link mentioned in the "Symptoms" section for more information, you cannot find the information.

To demonstrate this problem, follow these steps:
  1. In Microsoft Excel, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

    html

    and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Publish Microsoft Excel data on a Web" topic.
  2. Under Notes, click the link after "Some aspects of Microsoft Excel formatting cannot be converted to HTML. For more information, click >>."
Notice that HTML is not listed as a file format.

This problem also occurs when you click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, and type the following text

files, saving

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Formatting and features not transferred in file conversions" topic.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/22/2000
Keywords:kbbug kbconversion kbdocerr KB188992
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