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The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, if you copy a reference to a name in one workbook and paste it to another workbook that contains the same name, and you choose not to use the existing definition of the name, the Name Conflict dialog box remains on the screen if you type a local name in the New Name box.

WORKAROUNDS

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

• When the Name Conflict dialog box appears, enter a global name. (Do not include the sheet name when you type the new name.)

  -or-

• If the conflicting name contained in the workbook you are pasting the reference to is a global name, redefine the name in the workbook you are copying the reference from as a local name. If you copy a reference to a local name from one workbook and paste it into a workbook that contains the same name as a global name, the Name Conflict dialog box does not appear.

MORE INFORMATION

The Name Conflict dialog box appears when a name contained in a formula copied from another workbook conflicts with an existing name. For example, if BOOK1.XLS contains the name "TEST", and BOOK2.XLS contains the name "TEST", if you copy the formula "=Test" in BOOK1.XLS and paste it in BOOK2.XLS, the Name Conflict dialog box appears. The dialog box allows you to use the existing definition of TEST or to rename TEST from BOOK1.XLS to another name using the definition of TEST defined in BOOK1.XLS.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Name Conflict Dialog Box, choose the Search button in Help and type:

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