XL97: Unable to Select Defined Names by Using Function Wizard

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 97, the Go To list may be unavailable when you use the Function Wizard. In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, you can click a defined name in the Go To list and use it as an argument in the Function Wizard.

WORKAROUND

If you want to use defined names as arguments in the Function Wizard, type the name in the box for the argument.

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

To select a defined name in a list in the Function Wizard in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, do the following:

1. On the Insert menu, click Function.

2. Click a category in the Function Category list.

3. Click the function you want to use in the Function Name list and click Next.

   NOTE: In Step 2 of the Function Wizard, the cursor is blinking in the box for the first argument.

4. On the Edit menu, click Go To.

5. Click a defined name in the Go To list and click OK.

REFERENCES

For more information about inserting functions, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text

   inserting, functions into formulas