XL97: Forward Button on Web Toolbar May Not Be Available

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 97, when you click Back in the Microsoft Internet Explorer to return to Microsoft Excel, the Forward button on the Web toolbar may not be available.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you click a hyperlink that activates the Microsoft Internet Explorer, and you then click Back in Internet Explorer.

NOTE: If you click a hyperlink that jumps to another Microsoft Office document, and then click Back, the Forward button on the Web toolbar is available.

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.

MORE INFORMATION

The Web toolbar in Microsoft Excel 97 includes Forward and Back buttons. These buttons allow you to jump to files that are stored in a "history" list of files or items to which you previously jumped.

REFERENCES

For more information about hyperlinks in Microsoft Excel, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

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