XL98: Objects May Not Appear After Copying Worksheet
ID: Q178985
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
SYMPTOMS
When you copy a worksheet in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, the
following problems may occur:
- AutoShapes, drawing objects, charts, and other objects in the worksheet
that do not appear or that are represented by placeholders in the
original worksheet are displayed.
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- AutoShapes, drawing objects, charts, and other objects appear in one
worksheet but not in another worksheet even though they are present in
the worksheet.
CAUSE
These problems occur if the following conditions are true:
- The worksheet you are copying contains one or more embedded charts.
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- Show Placeholders or Hide All is selected in the View tab of the
Preferences dialog box (Click Preferences on the Tools menu).
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the following appropriate method to reset
the Objects setting.
Method 1: Objects Are Displayed
If objects appear in the worksheet, use the following steps:
- On the Tools menu, click Preferences. Click the View tab.
- Under Objects, click the option you want to use. For example, click Show
All, Show Placeholders, or Hide All.
- Click OK.
The change is applied to all of the worksheets in the workbook.
Method 2: Some Objects Are Not Displayed
If some objects do not appear, use the following steps:
- On the Tools menu, click Preferences. Click the View tab.
- Under Objects, click Hide All.
- Click OK.
- On the Tools menu, click Preferences. Click the View tab.
- Under Objects, click the setting you want to use. For example, click
Show All, Show Placeholders, or Hide All.
- Click OK.
The change is applied to all of the worksheets in the workbook.
NOTE: If the Objects setting for the copied worksheet is Hide All, and you
copy the worksheet in a single workbook, objects in the original worksheet
may not be visible even though the Objects setting for the workbook is Show
All. If this behavior occurs, use the second method in this article to
restore the objects on the worksheet to the normal behavior.
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.
MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you can copy a worksheet by using
the following steps:
- Click the worksheet you want to copy. Then, click Move Or Copy Sheet
on the Edit menu. Or, press CONTROL and click the sheet tab of the
worksheet you want to copy, and then click Move Or Copy on the shortcut
menu.
- In the Move Or Copy dialog box, click to select the Create A Copy check
box. In the To Book list, click a destination workbook for the copied
worksheet. Specify the destination location for the copied worksheet
in the Before Sheet list.
- Click OK.
The three possible settings for objects in worksheets in Microsoft Excel
are listed in the following table.
Setting Definition
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Show All All objects are displayed normally.
Show Placeholders Objects are displayed in gray; you can see the
shape of the object but not its contents.
Hide All Objects are not displayed.
All worksheets in a workbook use the same settings. You can change these
settings for the active workbook by clicking Preferences on the Tools menu,
clicking the View tab, and selecting different settings.
If you copy a worksheet in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, Microsoft
Excel automatically selects Show All under Objects in the View tab of the
Preferences dialog box for the destination workbook. This is true
regardless of the previous setting for the destination workbook.
Additional query words:
XL98 kick gray
Keywords : kbui kbchart xlui xldraw
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug
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