XL97: Unexpected Results Paste Linking Noncontiguous Range

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Paste Link command to link to a noncontiguous range, the link that is created may refer to cells that are not in the range that you copied.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not copy a noncontiguous range of cells if you want to create a link to that range by clicking Paste Link. Instead, copy each contiguous range of cells in the noncontiguous range, and paste a link to each range separately. For example, given the following data:

   A1: a
   A2: b
   A3:
   A4: c
   A5: d

1. Select cells A1:A2.

2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

3. Select cell B1.

4. Click Paste Special on the Edit menu, and then click Paste Link.

5. Select cells A4:A5.

6. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

7. Select cell B3.

8. Click Paste Special on the Edit menu, and click Paste Link.

   A1: a      B1: a
   A2: b      B2: b
   A3:        B3: c
   A4: c      B4: d
   A5: d      B5:

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.