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Article ID: 185017 - Last Review: January 22, 2007 - Revision: 1.2

XL97: "File Not Found" Error Activating Excel Object

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SYMPTOMS

When you right-click an embedded Microsoft Excel worksheet contained in a Microsoft Word 97 document, point to Worksheet Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open, you may receive the following error messages:
Microsoft Excel
File not found
-and-
Microsoft Word
Word cannot edit the Microsoft Excel Worksheet.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the following circumstances are true:
  • In Microsoft Word version 6.0 or Microsoft Word version 7.0, you embed a Microsoft Excel file into your document. -and-

  • The Excel file contains a Visual Basic for Applications module sheet. -and-

  • You perform the following steps:

    1. You right-click the embedded Excel object, point to Worksheet Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open.
    2. In Excel, you click "Close & Return to <Document>", where <Document> is the name of the Word document.
    3. You right-click the embedded Excel object, point to Worksheet Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
151261  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/151261/EN-US/ ) OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
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