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SYMPTOMSIn Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, if you click Object on the Insert menu, click From File, select a text file, and then click OK, you may receive the following error message:
CAUSEThis problem occurs if the text file was created in any program other than Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, for example, SimpleText. WORKAROUNDTo work around this problem, open the text file in Microsoft Word, and then resave the file as a new text file. The new text file is associated with Microsoft Word, and you can insert the file into a worksheet in Microsoft Excel. STATUSThis behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition. MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, when you click Object on the
Insert menu, Microsoft Excel creates an embedded object in the active
worksheet. Embedded objects can be created only by using programs that
support embedding: for example, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and
the shared programs that are included with Microsoft Office 98.
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