XL97: Map Object Different Depending on Insertion Method

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you insert a Map object on your worksheet, controls on various toolbars (Picture and Drawing for example) may not be available, depending on how you inserted the Map.

CAUSE

If you click Map on the Insert menu to insert a Map object on your worksheet, the inserted object is treated like an ActiveX control. Picture editing like changes to brightness and contrast for example, may not be available. Also, any changes you make on the Picture tab of the Format Object dialog box are ignored and the next time you click this tab, the changes you made are reset to their default values.

If you click Object on the Insert menu to insert a Map object on your worksheet and then double-click Microsoft Map on the Create New tab of the Object dialog box, the object is treated like an ordinary OLE object. In this case, you are able to make changes to items like brightness, contrast and grouping.

RESOLUTION

For the Microsoft Map object to behave like a standard OLE object and allow editing changes (to brightness and contrast for example), do the following:

1. On the Insert menu, click Object.

2. Click the Create New tab, select Microsoft Map 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.

REFERENCES

For more information about inserting maps, click the Office Assistant, type "maps," click Search, and then click to view "Create a map."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Excel Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or
               Component