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EXCEL: Macro with Print Command Hangs Microsoft Excel
Last reviewed: September 12, 1996
Article ID: Q110142
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel version 4.0 for the Macintosh, when you run a macro that includes the following statement 

   =PRINT(,,,,,,,,,,)
Microsoft Excel may halt with a system error of type 1.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, remove the commas from the PRINT() command as in the following example: 

   =PRINT()

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbprb
KBSubcategory:

Additional reference words: 4.00 4.00a



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Last reviewed: September 12, 1996
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