WD97: Inserted Excel Worksheet Object Is Limited in Size

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When inserting a worksheet from Microsoft Excel into Microsoft Word, the display defaults to 10 rows and 5 columns, although you may have inserted more data in the worksheet. This setting can not be changed.

CAUSE

The default setting is to give an inserted object the same dimensions (10 rows x 5 columns), but many worksheets are larger than this size. The design is that the object would then have in-place editing, and you could increase the number of rows or columns displayed.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem use either of the following methods:

Method 1 - Insert Excel Worksheet button

1. Click the Insert Excel Worksheet button on the standard toolbar.



2. Drag to specify the number of rows and columns in the worksheet.



3. Close or minimize Excel, and switch back to your Word document.

Method 2 - Use Copy/Paste to Paste Exact Amount of Data

1. Start Excel and open the worksheet you want to copy.



2. Select the exact amount of data you want to copy, and on the Edit menu, click Copy (CTRL+C).



3. Start Word, open your document and place the cursor in the location you want the worksheet.



4. On the Edit menu, click Paste (CTRL+V) to paste the exact amount of data required.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

For information about programmatically inserting Excel charts, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q176868 WD97: How to Programmatically Insert an Excel Chart into Word

Additional query words: limit default

Keywords : kbdta word97 kblayout
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug