Symptoms
Assume that you have a third-party ActiveX control in a pane of an Excel 2010 document. When you use the control’s toggle visibility feature, the position of the control changes to a different cell.
Note This issue occurs specifically when the pane that contains the control is frozen and the zoom level is not 100 percent.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, apply the following hotfix:
2475876 Description of the Excel 2010 hotfix package (excel-x-none.msp): February 22, 2011
Registry key information
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
After you install the hotfix package, follow these steps to enable the hotfix:
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Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
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Locate and then select the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Options
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On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD (32-bit) Value.
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Type OLEVisibilityResizeOnScale, and then press ENTER.
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In the Details pane, right-click OLEVisibilityResizeOnScale, and then click Modify.
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In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
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Exit Registry Editor.
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
