XL: OFFSET Accepts Negative Values for Height and Width (184109)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0
This article was previously published under Q184109 SYMPTOMS
When you use the OFFSET worksheet function and type a negative number for
the Width argument or Height argument, you receive a result and not an
error value. This behavior is incorrect.
If the Width argument or the Height argument is less than -1 (-2,-3,-4,
and so on), the result of the OFFSET function is the error value
#VALUE! unless you enter the formula as an array formula. When you enter
the formula as an array, you receive a result and not an error value.
This behavior is also incorrect.
NOTE: To enter a formula as an array formula in Microsoft Excel for
Windows, enter the formula and press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. In Microsoft Excel
for the Macintosh, press COMMAND+ENTER.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use a positive integer number for the Width
argument and the Height argument of the OFFSET worksheet function.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
According to Microsoft Excel Help, the OFFSET worksheet function requires
that the Width argument and the Height argument be a positive number.
REFERENCES
For more information about the OFFSET worksheet function, click Contents
And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help,
type the following text
OFFSET worksheet function
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "OFFSET" topic.
If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office
Assistant.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending KB184109 |
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