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XL: Unable to Refer to Defined Names in Cell Note Reference
Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
Article ID: Q108386
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel when you use a defined name to reference a cell note to a cell, you will receive the following error message: 

   Reference must be to a single cell on the active sheet.
You will receive this error message even if the defined name refers to only one cell.

This is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Although a defined name can be one cell or a range of cells, a cell note must reference a single cell. Microsoft Excel does not check to see if the defined name refers to one cell or multiple cells.

REFERENCES

For more information about Notes, choose the Search button in Help and type: 

   notes

KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory:

Additional reference words: 5.00 7.00




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Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
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