XL5: GP Fault Saving to Excel 4.0 Workbook with Linked Data

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

If you link a cell on a worksheet to a Microsoft Word 6.0 document as Formatted Text (RTF) or a Picture, and you save the workbook that contains the linked cell to the Microsoft Excel 4.0 Workbook format, you receive a general protection (GP) fault.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you link a cell to a document in Microsoft Word 6.0, and you then save the workbook that contains this cell to the Microsoft Excel 4.0 Workbook format. The problem occurs only if you do not close the Microsoft Word document before you save the workbook. Additionally, this problem only occurs if the workbook is not already in the Microsoft Excel 4.0 Workbook format.

Note that this is not a problem when you link a cell to a Microsoft Write document.

WORKAROUNDS

To avoid receiving a GP fault when you save a workbook that contains a linked cell, do any of the following:

• Save and close the document in Microsoft Word version 6.0 that contains the link before you save the workbook.

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• Save the worksheet that contains the cell that you want to link to the Microsoft Excel 4.0 Workbook format before you link the cell.

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• Save the worksheet that contains the linked cell to the Microsoft Excel 4.0 Worksheet format, instead of the Microsoft Excel 4.0 Workbook format.

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• Link the data to the Microsoft Word 6.0 document as a Microsoft Excel Worksheet object, Unformatted Text, or as a Bitmap.

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 version 5.0c for Windows.

REFERENCES

For an Overview Of Linking And Embedding, choose the Search button in Help and type:

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