XL: Word Object with Contents Is Displayed Instead of an Icon

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you close a Microsoft Word document that is embedded in a Microsoft Excel worksheet, the object that represents the Word document may be converted from an icon into a object that displays the contents of the Word document.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if all of the following conditions are true:

• You embed a Microsoft Word Document object into an Excel worksheet (click Object on the Insert menu).
  
  -and-



• You click the embedded Word document and convert it to an icon (Point to Document Object on the Edit menu, and then click Convert).
  
  -and-



• You double-click the document object, and then quit Word.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

1. Double-click the Word Document object that you want to display as an icon on the Excel worksheet.



2. Click Save Copy As on the File menu. Type a name for the Word document in the File Name box, and then click Save.



3. Click Exit or Quit on the File menu.



4. On the Insert menu, click Object. Click the Create From File tab, and then click Browse.



5. Select the file that you saved in step 2 and click Insert.



6. Click Display As Icon in the Object dialog box, and then click OK.

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.

REFERENCES

Excel 97 for Windows

embedding

Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

embedded objects, overview

Additional query words: XL98 XL97 contents displayed icon converted text appears

Keywords : kbinterop xlui xldraw offinterop
Version : :; MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug