XL2000: Patterns Do Not Display in a Web Browser

• Microsoft Excel 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you apply a pattern, diagonal border, or rotated text to a cell, the formatting is not displayed when viewed in a Web browser.

CAUSE

This problem is not browser-specific. HTML does not have the ability to display these formatting features.

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior occurs when you do the following:

• You click Save as Web Page on the File menu. If you then click Save to save an HTML file, or you click Publish twice to publish it as a Web page, you will see the problem when you view the saved or published page in a Web browser.
  
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• You preview a file as a Web page in Excel by clicking Web Page Preview on the File menu.

REFERENCES

For more information about cell formatting, click Microsoft Excel Help on the Help menu, type "Format cells quickly" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: XL2000

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb