XL98: Movie Is Converted to a Picture If Saved in an Earlier Version Format

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you open a file that contains an embedded movie, the movie is converted to a picture.

CAUSE

When you save a file that contains a movie in an earlier version file format, the movie is converted to a picture without warning. For example, if you save a file that contains a movie in the Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook file format, the movie is converted to a picture.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

REFERENCES

For more information about features that may be lost when you save to an earlier version file format, click the Office Assistant, type saving files to an earlier format, click Search, and then click to view "Formatting and features not transferred in file conversions."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q179216 OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program

Additional query words: XL98 downrev

Keywords : kbdta kbconversion xlloadsave
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug