XL98: Cannot Drag Page Breaks in Page Break Preview

ID: Q199198


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition


SYMPTOMS

You are not able to drag page breaks in Page Break Preview, although you receive a dialog box indicating that you can.


CAUSE

This problem may occur when the Allow cell drag and drop check box on the Edit tab of the Preferences dialog box is cleared.


WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, select the Allow cell drag and drop check box:

  1. On the Tools menu click Preferences.


  2. On the Edit tab, click to select the Allow cell drag and drop check box and click OK.



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 moving page breaks, 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 Excel Help, type the following text

page breaks
and then click Show Topics. Select the "Insert or move a page break" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: XL98

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


Last Reviewed: November 16, 1999
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