XL: Some Functions Unexpectedly Return #NAME Error Value

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, you may experience the following problems when you use a worksheet function that is included in the Analysis ToolPak add-in:

• You receive the #NAME error value.

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• The function you want to use is not available in the Function Wizard.

CAUSE

The Analysis ToolPak is not always automatically loaded when you start Microsoft Excel.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, choose Add-ins from the Tools menu, and select the Analysis ToolPak check box or the Analysis ToolPak-Visual Basic for Applications check box.

Note that for the change to take affect, you may need to select the formulas in the cells that contain the #NAME error, and recalculate the worksheet (to do this, press F9).

If the Analysis ToolPak is not available in the Add-ins dialog box, you may need to run the Setup program and reinstall the Add-ins.

MORE INFORMATION

The worksheet functions that are loaded as part of the Analysis ToolPak include the following:

   ACCRINT        DEC2BIN     HEX2OCT          ISEVEN          SERIESSUM
   ACCRINTM       DEC2HEX     IMABS            ISODD           SQRTPI
   BESSELI        DEC2OCT     IMAGINARY        LCM             TBILLEQ
   BESSELJ        DELTA       IMARGUMENT       MDURATION       TBILLPRICE
   BESSELK        DISC        IMCONJUGATE      MROUND          TBILLYIELD
   BESSELY        DOLLARDE    IMCOS            MULTINOMIAL     WORKDAY
   BIN2DEC        DOLLARFR    IMDIV            NETWORKDAYS     XIRR
   BIN2HEX        DURATION    IMEXP            NOMINAL         XNPV
   BIN2OCT        EDATE       IMLN             OCT2BIN         YEARFRAC
   COMPLEX        EFFECT      IMLOG10          OCT2DEC         YIELD
   CONVERT        EOMONTH     IMLOG2           OCT2HEX         YIELDDISC
   COUPDAYBS      ERF         IMPOWER          ODDFPRICE       YIELDMAT
   COUPDAYS       ERFC        IMPRODUCT        ODDFYIELD
   COUPDAYSNC     FACTDOUBLE  IMREAL           ODDLPRICE
   COUPNCD        FVSCHEDULE  IMSIN            ODDLYIELD
   COUPNUM        GCD         IMSQRT           PRICE
   COUPPCD        GESTEP      IMSUB            PRICEDISC
   CUMIPMT        HEX2BIN     IMSUM            PRICEMAT
   CUMPRINC       HEX2DEC     INTRATE          RECEIVED

     Analysis ToolPak, installation