XL5: GP Fault Pasting Multiple Grouped Drawing Objects

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, if you group drawing objects on a worksheet, and you repeatedly group multiple object groups, you may receive a general protection (GP) fault when you copy and paste the group.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel for Windows version 5.0c.

WORKAROUND

To avoid receiving a GP fault when you group and copy and paste drawing objects on a worksheet, group the objects when you are done copying and pasting the objects. This problem occurs only when you repeatedly group drawing objects so that the group contains multiple groups of objects, and you then copy and paste the group.

MORE INFORMATION

To move objects as a group, even if you have not grouped them with the Group Objects button, do the following:

1. From the Drawing toolbar, select the Drawing Selection button.

2. Drag on the worksheet around the objects you want to move as a group.

3. Place your insertion point over one of the selected objects so that the mouse pointer changes to an arrow. Click and drag the selected objects to the new location.

REFERENCES

For more information about Grouping And Ungrouping Graphic Objects, choose the Search button in Help and type:

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