XL: "Document Not Saved" Saving File Created from Template

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to save a workbook, you may receive the following error message:

   Document Not Saved 

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

• The workbook was created from a template that contained an embedded object.
  
  -and-



• You have inserted a worksheet into your workbook from a template.
  
  -and-



• The template contains an embedded object.

WORKAROUND

To save your work, you must first delete the embedded objects in your workbook.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbdta
Version : MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a; WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0,7.0a,97
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug