XL97: Cannot Change Value for Form Control on a Worksheet

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you click an option button, check box, list box, combo box, scroll bar or spinner control on a worksheet, the control does not change as expected. For example, when you click a list box, the selected item in the list does not change. Also, the cell link value does not change.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the form control is linked to a merged cell.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, unmerge the cell to which the control is linked. To do this, use the following steps:

1. Right-click the form control and click Format Control.

2. Click the Control tab in the Format Control dialog box. Make note of the cell address in the Cell Link box and click Cancel.

3. Select the cell that is referenced in the Cell Link box.

4. Click Cells on the Format menu, click the Alignment tab, clear the

       Merge Cells check box, and then click OK.
   

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.