Excel: Custom Menu Commands Disabled in Group Edit Mode

 Last reviewed: November 29, 1994
Article ID: Q83872
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, 4.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel version 4.0, when working in Group Edit mode either by selecting Group Edit from the Options menu or by using the WORKGROUP() function in a macro, all user-defined custom menu commands will be disabled (greyed out).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed above. This problem was corrected in version 5.0 of Microsoft Excel for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Excel version 4.0 offers a group edit mode for making changes to multiple documents at the same time or for batch printing a group of worksheets. When you are working in this mode certain menu commands that wouldn't be usable in a group edit situation and all custom defined menu commands will be disabled.

To enable your custom menu commands, it is necessary to exit the group edit mode. To do so, select any worksheet other than the one currently active or choose Group Edit from the Options menu and select a single sheet from the Select Group list box.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide 1," version 4.0, pages 383-389

"Microsoft Excel Function Reference," version 4.0, page 465

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Last reviewed: November 29, 1994
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