OFF2000: You Cannot Select an Item in the Save In Box of the Save As Dialog Box or in the Custom AutoFilter Dialog Box (323896)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 2000

This article was previously published under Q323896

SYMPTOMS

In a Microsoft Office 2000 program, on the File menu, you click Save As, and then you try to select a location in the Save in box, but you cannot select a location.

You may experience similar behavior in Excel 2000. On the Data menu, you point to Filter, you click AutoFilter, you click the arrow that indicates the column of data that you want, and then you click Custom, but when you try to select an item from one of the lists, it is not selected.

CAUSE

This behavior may occur if all the following conditions are true, in the order that they are presented:

The Office document contains a form with a Web browser control.

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You use the Web browser control to locate different Web sites.

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You try to perform one of the procedures that is listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2000. For additional information about how to obtain and install the latest service pack for Office 2000, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

Any computer that has the following file attributes (or later) has the fix for this behavior.

 File name     Version           
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 MSO9.dll      9.0.0.9410

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the keys on your keyboard to specify the location that you want in the Save in box of the Save As dialog box and to select the filter options that you want in the Custom AutoFilter dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to use keyboard shortcuts , click Microsoft <Office Program> Help on the Help menu, type keyboard shortcuts in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	10/6/2005
Keywords:	kbbug kbfix kbOffice2000preSP3fix KB323896