XL97: "Before You Save..." Error When Quitting Program

• Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1)

SYMPTOMS

When you try to quit Microsoft Excel, the following error message appears in the Office Assistant balloon:

   Before you save...

   Other people may not have the latest version of Office, so if you
   plan to share this file, you should save it in the following format:

   Microsoft Excel 97 & 5.0/95 workbook

   - Use suggested format
   - Don't use suggested format
   - See what might be lost

CAUSE

This message appears when you do the following:

• You save the workbook in the Microsoft Excel 97 & 5.0/95 Workbook format.

  -and-

• You quit the program.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Excel 97 (non-SR-1) does not display an alert message under the same circumstances. The following tables describe when Excel 97 SR-1 displays balloon alert messages for the default save.

In the following tables, an "UnSaved" workbook is one that you have not saved during the current session of Excel (for example, an unsaved new workbook or a workbook that you have changed but have not saved). A "Saved" workbook is one that you have saved during the current session. A workbook is considered "dirty" if you have made any changes to it in the current session.

Excel 97

   Action      Saved Dirty      UnSaved Dirty
   ------      -----------      -------------

   Save        N                Y
   SaveAs      Y                Y
   Close       N                Y
   Exit        N                N


   Excel 97, SR-1
   --------------

   Action      Saved Dirty      UnSaved Dirty
   ------      -----------      -------------

   Save        N                Y
   SaveAs      Y                Y
   Close       N                Y
   Exit        Y                Y