XL98: Playing Movie Object Appears in Other Worksheets

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, if you insert a movie object into a worksheet, the following problems may occur when you play the movie:

• If you switch to another worksheet, the movie object appears in that worksheet, and the movie continues to play. When the movie stops playing, the worksheet contains an image of the movie that cannot be selected or removed.
• If you hide the worksheet that contains the movie object by pointing to Sheet on the Format menu, and clicking Hide, the movie object appears in the newly-active worksheet and the movie continues to play. When the movie stops playing, the worksheet contains an image of the movie that cannot be selected or removed.

CAUSE

These problems occur because Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition does not deactivate playing movie objects when you switch from one worksheet to another.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, stop playing the movie before you switch to another worksheet.

To remove the image of a movie from a worksheet, switch to another worksheet. When you switch back to the worksheet in which the image of the movie appeared, the image is no longer there.

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.