XL98: Selecting HLNK in Paste Special Does Nothing

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you click Paste Special on the Edit menu in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, the value "HLNK" may appear in the list of formats. If you click Paste, click HLNK, and click OK, nothing is pasted.

NOTE: If you click Paste Link, Microsoft Excel may create a link to the original data. This behavior may occur only when you copy the original data from another program, such as Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

CAUSE

When you copy text or a picture in an Office Macintosh Edition program, such as Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition or Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, the program may copy the information to the Clipboard in HLNK format. This is true even though this format cannot be pasted in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, do not use the HLNK format when you use the Paste Special command to paste information in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

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.