XL2000: ActiveX Controls May Be Inadvertently Cropped (211734)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2000
This article was previously published under Q211734

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, if you use the cropping controls on the Picture tab of the Format dialog box, one or more ActiveX controls in the active worksheet may be cropped.

CAUSE

This problem will occur if you have a combination of pictures and ActiveX controls selected when you crop the selected objects.

RESOLUTION

To prevent this problem from occurring, make sure that no ActiveX controls are selected when you use the cropping controls to trim pictures in your worksheet.

If the problem has already occurred, you can restore the controls to their original size. To do so, follow these steps:
  1. Select the control(s) that need to be restored. Then, hold down SHIFT and select the picture that you previously cropped.
  2. On the Format menu, click Object.
  3. On the Picture tab, click Reset, and then click OK.
Your controls are restored to their original, uncropped size.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

In Microsoft Excel, when you click Object on the Format menu, the Format dialog box contains different tabs, depending on which type of object is currently selected, for example: 
   Object Selected     Tabs Displayed in Format Dialog Box
   -------------------------------------------------------------- 

   ActiveX Control     Size, Protection, Properties, Web
   Picture             Colors and Lines, Size, Picture, Protection,
                       Properties, Web
If you have a picture and an ActiveX control selected at the same time, the Format dialog box will contain all of the listed tabs, even though two of the tabs (Colors and Lines and Picture) do not apply to ActiveX controls. If you use the cropping controls on the Picture tab, the selected ActiveX controls are trimmed when you click OK.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/8/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbpending kbui KB211734
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