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# Submenu Item Appears Enabled with Worksheet Maximized

Article ID: 118955

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0c

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## SYMPTOMS

In a Visual Basic procedure in Microsoft Excel, if you use the Enabled property of the MenuItem object to make a submenu unavailable (dimmed), the menu item appears available when the worksheet window is maximized.

## CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the window of the workbook that contains the unavailable submenu item is maximized when you choose the submenu item. The item appears unavailable as expected when the window is restored.
Note that this is not a problem in Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh.

## WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, you must restore the active workbook window before you choose the submenu item. To restore a workbook window, press CTRL+F5.

## REFERENCES

For more information about the Enabled Property, choose the Search button in the Visual Basic Reference and type:

enabled menus, returning

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