XL: Unable to Select Sheets After Using Spelling Checker
ID: Q169252
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
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Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
SYMPTOMS
When you click Cancel in the Spelling dialog box, you cannot switch to
worksheets (tabs) in a workbook.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you do all of the following:
- You select (group) two or more worksheets in the workbook.
-and-
- You select more than one cell in the active worksheet.
-and-
- You click Spelling on the Tools menu or click the Spelling tool.
-and-
- You click Cancel after you click one of the following operations
in the Spelling dialog box:
Add
Change
Change All
Ignore
Ignore All
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the following steps:
- Save and close the workbook.
- Quit and restart Microsoft Excel, and then open the workbook.
To avoid this problem in the future, run the spelling checker on each
worksheet individually. If you want to check the spelling on multiple
worksheets, select one cell instead of multiple cells after you group
the worksheets.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem no longer occurs in
Microsoft Excel 2000.
Additional query words:
xl97 xl7 discontiguous tab
Keywords : xlproof
Version : WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb