XL98: Spelling Missing from Tools Menu After Loading Analysis ToolPak

ID: Q183013

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, when you click the Tools menu, Spelling is missing from the top of the Tools menu.

CAUSE

After you first install the Analysis ToolPak add-in through the Add-Ins dialog box, the top menu item (Spelling) is removed from the Tools menu.

RESOLUTION

The Atpfix.hqx file corrects this problem. The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Atpfix.hqx

Release Date: Sep-21-99

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.
To install the updated Analysis Toolpak file, follow these steps:

Quit Microsoft Excel.

Use an appropriate program to decode and decompress the add-in.

Copy the Analysis Toolpak file to the following folder:
Microsoft Office 98:Office:Excel Add-Ins:Analysis Tools

Workaround

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

If you have removed the Analysis ToolPak, quit and restart Excel. After you do this, Excel completely rebuilds the Tools menu.

If the Analysis ToolPak is installed when you quit and restart Excel, only the Spelling menu item will be missing from the Tools menu. In this case, you can check the spelling in your worksheet by doing either of the following:

Press F7.

-or-

Click the Spelling button on the Standard toolbar.

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

For more information about the spelling checker, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel 98 Help, type the following text

spell checking, spell check

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Check spelling or automatically correct spelling errors" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: XL98 tool pack toolpack XL2000

Keywords : kbfile kbdta xlui
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug