XL97: Preview Available on Blank Sheet with Merged Cells

Last reviewed: February 18, 1998
Article ID: Q155836

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you select Print Preview from either the File Menu or the Print Preview toolbar icon Microsoft Excel displays a blank page.

Microsoft Excel should display the message:

   "Microsoft Excel did not find anything to Print."

However in Microsoft Excel 97, when your worksheet contains merged cells, but no information, a blank page previews and the alert message does not display.

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.

Additional query words: OFF97
Keywords : xlwin kbui
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: February 18, 1998
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