The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMSIn Microsoft Excel version 5.0, when you create a chart that contains a complex reference, and you save the file that contains the chart as a Microsoft Excel version 4.0 file (either chart, worksheet or workbook), if you save the file in Microsoft Excel version 4.0, you receive the following error message when you open the file again in Microsoft Excel version 4.0:
CAUSE
This behavior only occurs after you save the file in Microsoft Excel
version 4.0, and then open the file again in Microsoft Excel version
4.0. You do not receive an error message when you open the file in
Microsoft Excel version 5.0 after saving the file in either version. WORKAROUNDSTo avoid receiving this error message when you open a chart in Microsoft Excel version 4.0, do either of the following:
-or- STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in a later version of Microsoft Excel. Additional query words: 4.00 4.00a err msg external reference is not valid
Keywords : kberrmsg |
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