XL2001: Font on Custom Button Does Not Maintain Settings (288880)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2001 for Mac
This article was previously published under Q288880

SYMPTOMS

If you create a button on an Excel worksheet from the Forms toolbar and make any font customizations, the button returns to its default appearance. You can only see the button customizations while editing.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when you do the following:
  1. You insert a button from the Forms toolbar into a worksheet.
  2. You format the font by changing the Font, Font Style, Size, Underline, Color, or any other font setting on the Font tab of the Format Object dialog box.
-or-

You open a document that contains one or more buttons with font customizations that was created in another version of Microsoft Excel.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel X for Mac.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2002
Keywords:kbBug kbui KB288880
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