XL97: Remove Page Break Menu Item May Not Remove Page Break

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 97, if you click Remove Page Break on the Insert menu, the selected page break may not be removed from the worksheet.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when both of the following conditions are true:

• The page break is at the top of the print area. For example, if the print area includes the range B5:F20, the page break is between rows four and five.

      -and-
  

• The selected cell is in both the row immediately below the page break, and inside the print area.

WORKAROUND

To remove such a page break from the worksheet, select a cell outside of the print area, and then click Remove Page Break on the Insert menu. The page break should be removed from the worksheet.

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 print areas or page breaks, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   print areas

   -or-

   inserting, page breaks