XL97: Picture Linked to Cell Does Not Immediately Update

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you link a picture in a worksheet to a cell, the picture may not be immediately updated when you change the cell.

CAUSE

This problem may occur after you apply a conditional format to the cell to which your picture is linked.

NOTE: The same problem may happen if you already applied a conditional format to the cell, and you then link a picture and change the conditional format.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, press F9 to recalculate the worksheet.

If you do not want to recalculate the entire worksheet, do the following:

1. Select the cell to which your picture is linked.

2. Click Bold on the formatting toolbar.

3. If you do not want to apply the Bold format to the cell, click Bold once more.

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.

REFERENCES

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

   conditional formats