Excel Err Msg: "Error in Formula" with a Function Macro

ID: Q23834

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.x, 3.0, 4.0
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 1.x, 2.2, 3.0, 4.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, when you are pasting the name of a function macro (using Paste Function on the Formula menu), the error message "Error in Formula" will be returned if the name of the function macro is a reserved name.

Names of built-in Microsoft Excel functions (such as MATCH) cannot be used for the name of a function macro.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide 2," version 4.0, page 210

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide," version 3.0, page 571

"Microsoft Excel Functions and Macros," version 2.2, page 119

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