XL98: Cannot Drag Cells When You Use AutoFilter

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 98, when you try to drag cells, you receive the following error message:

The command you chose cannot be performed with multiple selections. Select a single range and click the command again.

CAUSE

This error may occur when the following conditions are true:

• You are using AutoFilter to sort a range that includes a hidden column.


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• You are trying to drag a range of cells, and the location to which you are dragging the cells contains the hidden column.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, unhide the hidden column, and then drag the cells. For example, follow these steps:

1. In a new worksheet, hide column G. To do this, select column G. Point to Column on the Format menu, and then click Hide.



2. Unhide column G. To do this, select columns F and H. Point to Column on the Format menu, and then click Unhide.
   
   Column G reappears.

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

For more information about drag and drop editing, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

moving cell data

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords : kbdta xlui xllist
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug