XL97: Unexpected Results Paste Linking Noncontiguous Range

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SYMPTOMS

When you use the Paste Link command to link to a noncontiguous range, the link that is created may refer to cells that are not in the range that you copied.

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To work around this problem, do not copy a noncontiguous range of cells if you want to create a link to that range by clicking Paste Link. Instead, copy each contiguous range of cells in the noncontiguous range, and paste a link to each range separately. For example, given the following data:

   A1: a
   A2: b
   A3:
   A4: c
   A5: d

to paste a link to cells A1:A2,A4:A5 to B1:B4, do the following:

Select cells A1:A2.
On the Edit menu, click Copy.
Select cell B1.
Click Paste Special on the Edit menu, and then click Paste Link.
Select cells A4:A5.
On the Edit menu, click Copy.
Select cell B3.
Click Paste Special on the Edit menu, and click Paste Link.

The link results are as follows:

   A1: a      B1: a
   A2: b      B2: b
   A3:        B3: c
   A4: c      B4: d
   A5: d      B5:

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STATUS

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

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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kbbug KB159958

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