XL: Sounds Not Converted with Cell Notes

Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
Article ID: Q156200
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you display a cell comment, the following message may appear at the top of the comment:

   [Sound not converted]

CAUSE

This behavior may occur when the all of following conditions are true:

  • You create a workbook in an earlier version of Microsoft Excel.

        -and-
    
  • You insert a cell note.

        -and-
    
  • You import a sound into the cell note.

        -and-
    
  • You open the workbook in Microsoft Excel 97 or Excel 98.

Microsoft Excel 97 and Excel 98 convert cell notes into cell comments when you open a workbook created in an earlier version. However, sound notes are NOT supported in Microsoft Excel 97 and Excel 98, and will be replaced by the message "[Sound not converted]".

WORKAROUND

When the "[Sound not converted]" message appears, you can either leave the message in the comment, or you can edit or delete the message text. To edit a cell comment, use the following steps:

  1. Select the cell that contains the cell comment.

  2. On the Insert menu, click Edit Comment.

    You can now edit the comment.

  3. Edit the comment.

  4. Click any cell on the worksheet to stop editing the comment.

To clear the comment from a cell, select the cell. Then, click the Edit menu, point to Clear, and click Comments.

MORE INFORMATION

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If you want to delete the "[Sound not converted]" message text from any comments on the worksheet, use the following steps:

  1. Type the following macro code into a Visual Basic module:

          Sub Clear_Comment_Message()
             On Error Resume Next
             For Each x In Selection
                cell_comment = ""
                cell_comment = x.Comment.Text
                If cell_comment <> "" Then
                   If InStr(cell_comment, "[Sound not converted]") Then
                      cell_comment = Right(cell_comment, Len(cell_comment) _
                         - 22)
                      x.Comment.Text cell_comment
                   End If
                End If
             Next x
          End Sub
    
    

  2. Select the range of cells on the worksheet that contains the comments you want to change.

  3. Run the Clear_Comment_Message macro.

The text "[Sound not converted]" will be removed from any comments in the selected range that contain the text.

REFERENCES

For more information about Cell Comments, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   cell contents, comments

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add a comment to a cell" topic.


Additional query words: XL97 XL98 soundnote 97
Keywords : kbualink97 xlui kbcode kbfaq kbusage
Version : WINDOWS:97; MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS


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Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
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