XL98: Macro Virus Warning Appears Opening File Without Macro

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you open a workbook that does not contain macros, you may receive the following message:

The workbook you are opening contains macros. Some macros may contain viruses that could be harmful to your computer.

If you are sure this workbook is from a trusted source, click 'Enable Macros'. If you are not sure and want to prevent any macros from running, click 'Disable Macros'.

This workbook contains a type of macro (Microsoft Excel version 4.0 macro) that cannot be disabled. There may be viruses in these macros.

If you are sure this is from a trusted source, click Yes. Open the workbook?

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

• A defined name has been inserted into the workbook.
  
  -and-



• The defined name refers to a constant of 1.5.

WORKAROUND

Assign the name to refer to a cell address and type 1.5 in the cell.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

If you delete the defined name or change the value, the error no longer occurs.

REFERENCES

For more information about cell names, 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

names, cells

Additional query words: XL98 named range alert

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