XL97: Clicking Exit Design Mode Switches to Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you click the Exit Design Mode button in the Visual Basic Editor, you may switch to Microsoft Excel from the Visual Basic Editor.

NOTE: You may notice that Microsoft Excel also becomes active if you click any toolbar that is floating in the Visual Basic Environment.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs after you start the Visual Basic Editor from Microsoft Excel by using the Windows 95 or Windows NT taskbar.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use either of the following methods to activate the Visual Basic Editor:

   - In Microsoft Excel 97, press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic
     Editor.

      -or-

   - If the Visual Basic Editor is running, press ALT+TAB in any open
     program to switch between the program and the Visual Basic Editor.

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.