XL2000: Blank Space Appears Around Objects in Web Page Saved in Excel

• Microsoft Excel 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Web page that you have saved in Microsoft Excel, blank space appears around objects on the page.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

• Your Excel worksheet contains one or more of the following objects:
  
  
  • Charts
  • Office Art
  • Clip Art Objects
  • Pictures
  • Text Boxes
  • WordArt
  • Any object inserted from the Object dialog box.
  
  -and-
  
  
• One or more of the objects are positioned over cells that contain non-default formatting or data.
  
  -and-
  
  
• You save your Excel workbook in the HTML file format.
  
  -and-
  
  
• You open the HTML file in one of the following Web browsers:
  
  
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0x
  • Netscape Navigator 3.0x

WORKAROUND

To work around the problem, follow these steps:

1. Open the file in Excel.



2. Position any objects on the worksheet so that they do not overlap cells that contain data.



3. Save the file.

MORE INFORMATION

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Additional query words: XL2000 html

Keywords : kbdta kbchart xldraw DTIR
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb