XL: Print/Preview Worksheet with OLE Object Causes GP Fault

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you print or view a worksheet in print preview, you may receive a general protection (GP) fault if the worksheet contains an OLE object.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if all of the following are true:

• The worksheet contains multiple pages

  -and-

• You have set a horizontal print title or a row to print at the top of every page on the worksheet

  -and-

• You have not saved the worksheet since you set the print title

  -and-

• The OLE object on the worksheet is an object that supports in-place editing, such as a Microsoft Equation 2.0 object, a Microsoft Draw 2.0 object, or a Microsoft Word 6.0 Document object.

This problem does not occur if you save the worksheet after you set the print title. This is true even if you then remove the print title, and add a print title again. However, if you remove the print title, save the worksheet, and then add a print title again, the problem occurs.

This problem does not occur with a vertical (column) print title.

WORKAROUND

To avoid receiving a GP fault when you print your worksheet or view it in print preview, save the file that contains the worksheet after you insert a horizontal (row) print title.

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

For more information about Printing Titles On Multiple Pages, choose the Search button in Help and type:

    titles