XL2000: File Saved as Alternate File Format Even When Declined

ID: Q215325


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel 2000


SYMPTOMS

When you click No to decline saving a workbook in an alternate file format, Microsoft Excel saves the workbook in the alternate format regardless.


CAUSE

This problem occurs when you do the following:

  1. You publish a selected range of cells as a Web page from a workbook.


  2. You then attempt to save the workbook, using the Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook file format in the Save As dialog box.


  3. When you receive the message
    "<filename>" may contain features that are not compatible with <file format>. Do you want to keep the workbook in this format?
    you click No and decline saving the workbook.


Although nothing appears to happen, Excel saves a workbook in the Excel 5.0/95 file format, with the same name as your workbook.


STATUS

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

Additional query words: XL2000

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


Last Reviewed: May 21, 1999
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