Article ID: 115308
Article Last Modified on 8/15/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 95a
- Microsoft Excel 5.0c
This article was previously published under Q115308
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, when you open a Multiplan file that contains a border,
the border is displayed as extended ASCII characters.
CAUSE
In Multiplan, you can create a border in your worksheet by entering
extended ASCII characters using the ALT key, such as ALT+0169, or
ALT+0190. These characters display as line drawing characters, and
they are supported in MS-DOS applications. However, these same line
drawing characters are not supported in Microsoft Windows.
Because of this, when you open a Multiplan file that contains line drawing
characters into Microsoft Excel, these characters are displayed as extended
characters such as the copyright symbol, superscript numbers, and the
paragraph mark symbol.
WORKAROUND
To correct this behavior, you must apply cell border formatting after you
open the file in Microsoft Excel, instead of applying it in Multiplan.
Additionally, you can delete the incorrect characters that appear
when you open a Multiplan file with border formatting in Microsoft
Excel.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft
products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching
this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
REFERENCES
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Additional query words: 5.00a 5.00c 7.00a draw XL
Keywords: KB115308