XL: Sounds Not Converted with Cell Notes

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you display a cell comment, the following message may appear at the top of the comment:

   [Sound not converted]

CAUSE

This behavior may occur when the all of following conditions are true:

• You create a workbook in an earlier version of Microsoft Excel.

      -and-
  

• You insert a cell note.

      -and-
  

• You import a sound into the cell note.

      -and-
  

• You open the workbook in Microsoft Excel 97 or Excel 98.

WORKAROUND

When the "[Sound not converted]" message appears, you can either leave the message in the comment, or you can edit or delete the message text. To edit a cell comment, use the following steps:

1. Select the cell that contains the cell comment.

2. On the Insert menu, click Edit Comment.

   You can now edit the comment.

3. Edit the comment.

4. Click any cell on the worksheet to stop editing the comment.

MORE INFORMATION

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If you want to delete the "[Sound not converted]" message text from any comments on the worksheet, use the following steps:

1. Type the following macro code into a Visual Basic module:

         Sub Clear_Comment_Message()
            On Error Resume Next
            For Each x In Selection
               cell_comment = ""
               cell_comment = x.Comment.Text
               If cell_comment <> "" Then
                  If InStr(cell_comment, "[Sound not converted]") Then
                     cell_comment = Right(cell_comment, Len(cell_comment) _
                        - 22)
                     x.Comment.Text cell_comment
                  End If
               End If
            Next x
         End Sub
   
   

2. Select the range of cells on the worksheet that contains the comments you want to change.

3. Run the Clear_Comment_Message macro.

REFERENCES

For more information about Cell Comments, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   cell contents, comments