Excel 2000 and PowerPoint 2000 cannot create inline discussions (216931)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 2000
- Microsoft Office 2000 Server Extensions
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
This article was previously published under Q216931 SYMPTOMS
When you create discussions in Microsoft Excel 2000 or in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, you do not
have the choice of creating a discussion at a marked location within the
document.
CAUSE
This is by design in both cases.
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use the following procedures.
In Excel 2000
When you post your discussion, put the sheet and/or cell reference into
the text of the discussion.
In PowerPoint 2000Use one of the following methods: - Open the document as the author, and add notes to the Notes
pane.
- When you post your discussion, put the slide number into the text of
the discussion.
For more information, please see the following article(s) in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base: 217080 Difference Between Discussions In and About a Document
MORE INFORMATION
You do not have the choice of creating a discussion at a marked location
within Excel 2000 worksheets or PowerPoint 2000 slides, because the structure of Excel 2000 allows for hundreds of worksheets in a workbook, and several thousand
cells for each worksheet. Because of the complexity of the Excel 2000 design,
Office discussions cannot apply to each worksheet or cell in a given
workbook.
PowerPoint 2000 also has the ability to create several slides in any given
presentation. Office discussions cannot apply to each slide in a
presentation.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 6/7/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbpending kbprb KB216931 |
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