XL98: Remove Page Break Menu Item May Not Remove Page Break

ID: Q178457

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, if you click Remove Page Break on the Insert menu, the selected page break may not be removed from the worksheet.


CAUSE

This problem occurs when both of the following conditions are true:

  • The page break is at the top of the print area. For example, if the print area includes the range B5:F20, the page break is between rows four and five.


    • -and-

  • The selected cell is in both the row immediately below the page break and inside the print area.



WORKAROUND

To remove such a page break from the worksheet, select a cell outside of the print area, and then click Remove Page Break on the Insert menu. The page break should be removed from the worksheet.


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.


REFERENCES

For more information about print areas, click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

print area
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Print a specific area of a worksheet" topic.

For more information about page breaks, click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
page breaks
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Insert or move a page break" topic.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords : kbprint
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: January 13, 2000
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