XL2000: Formats May Not Be Applied to Pasted Merged Cell

• Microsoft Excel 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you copy a merged cell and paste it, Microsoft Excel 2000 fails to apply the formatting of the original merged cell to the merged cell you pasted.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

• You copy one merged cell, and then paste it into another merged cell.
  
  -and-



• The two merged cells are different sizes.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

1. Click the first merged cell. On the Format menu, click Cells.



2. Click each tab that contains formatting that is applied to the cell, and change the value of one option on the tab; then, reset the option to the original setting. For example, if the Strikethrough check box has been selected on the Font tab, click to clear the Strikethrough check box, and click again to select the check box.
   
   NOTE: If the cell contains more than one type of formatting, perform these steps for each tab that contains the formatting options you selected.



3. Click OK.



4. Click the second merged cell.



5. On the Edit menu, click Repeat Format Cells.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Excel 2000 allows you to merge a group of cells into a single cell. To merge a group of cells, follow these steps:

1. Select the cells that you want to merge.



2. On the Format menu, click Cells. Click the Alignment tab.



3. Click to select the Merge cells check box, and then click OK.

Additional query words: XL2000

Keywords : kberrmsg xlformat
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug