XL97: Prompt to Save Changed Workbook Fails to Appear

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you change and then close a workbook in Microsoft Excel 97, you are not prompted to save the changes.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if both of the following conditions are true:

• You run a macro that changes the caption of the workbook window.

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• You try to close the workbook without first saving the changes.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, click Save on the File menu before you click Close on the File menu or click the Close button (the box with the "X" in it) at the upper-right corner of the workbook window.

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.

MORE INFORMATION

In most cases, if you attempt to close a changed workbook that you have not saved, you are prompted to save the changes. To retain changes you want to keep, save them before you close the workbook.

REFERENCES

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

   saving, files