OFF2000: Excel and PowerPoint Cannot Create In-Line Discussions

ID: Q216931

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 2000 Server Extensions
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you create discussions in Excel 2000 or PowerPoint 2000, you do not have the choice of creating a discussion at a marked location within the document.

CAUSE

This is by design in both cases.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, use the following procedures.

In Excel

When you post your discussion, put the sheet and/or cell reference into the text of the discussion.

In PowerPoint

Open the document as the author, and add notes to the Notes pane.

-or-

When you post your discussion, put the slide number into the text of the discussion.

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q217080 Difference Between Discussions In and About a Document

MORE INFORMATION

You do not have the choice of creating a discussion at a marked location within Excel worksheets or PowerPoint slides, because the structure of Excel allows for hundreds of worksheets in a workbook, and several thousand cells for each worksheet. Because of the complexity of the Excel design, Office Discussions cannot apply to each worksheet or cell in a given workbook.

PowerPoint also has the ability to create several slides in any given presentation. Office Discussions cannot apply to each slide in a presentation.

Additional query words: OFF2000 front page powerpoint power point spreadsheet

Keywords : kbdta OSEClient
Version : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb