Article ID: 127759
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Works 3.0a
- Microsoft Works 3.0b
- Microsoft Works 4.5 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Works 4.5a
- Microsoft Works 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Works 4.0a
This article was previously published under Q127759
SYMPTOMS
When you save a Works for Windows spreadsheet in the Microsoft Excel format
with a print area defined, you receive the following error message.
Works 4.0, 4.0a, 4.5, and 4.5a
Invalid Range Names.
Make sure your range names begin with a letter, an underscore (_), or
a backslash (\), and contain only letters or numbers.
Works 3.x
Invalid Range Names.
You have chosen an invalid range name for Excel. Make sure your range
names begin with a letter, an underscore (_), or a backslash (\), and
contain only letters and numbers.
Clicking OK converts the spreadsheet; however, the Print Area range name
doesn't convert when the spreadsheet is brought into Excel.
CAUSE
Setting a Print Area in a Works for Windows spreadsheet generates a Print Area range name that contains an invalid character for an Excel range name.
NOTE: This character is the space between "Print" and "Area."
STATUS
The Print Area will not be converted when you save a Works spreadsheet as an Excel file type or if you save an Excel spreadsheet as a Works file.
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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