XL7: Custom Number Format ;;;@ Causes Hang with Format Cells

 Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
Article ID: Q150710
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel version 7.0, if a custom number format of ";;;@" or ";;;_(@_)" is used in a cell, any further formatting in that cell will cause the program to stop responding.

CAUSE

There are built-in accounting formats of "_($* #,##0_);_($* (#,##0);_($* "- "_);_(@_)" and "_(* #,##0_);_(* (#,##0);_(* "-"_);_(@_)" in the Custom category of Format/Cells and Number tab in Microsoft Excel version 7.0 which work without problems. Using the built in Accounting formats and removing the code between the semicolons so as to get the same format of ";;;_(@_)" also causes Microsoft Excel version 7.0 to stop responding.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: xlwin

Additional reference words: 7.00 hangs



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Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
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