OFF2001: Publish and Subscribe Not Available in Office 2001 Programs (288951)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2001 for Mac
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft Word 2001 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q288951

SYMPTOMS

The Publish and Subscribe commands do not appear in the menus of Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac programs.

CAUSE

The Publish and Subscribe features were not built into Office 2001 programs because Apple removed these features from Mac OS 9.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, Office 2001 for Mac can use object linking and embedding as a replacement method for sharing documents between programs.

REFERENCES

For more information about object linking and embedding in Excel, follow these steps:
  1. On the Help menu, click Contents and Index, click Index, and then click S.
  2. Scroll down until you locate share, and then click the arrow to the left to view a list of topics under the general topic.
  3. Click Share information between Microsoft Office programs.
If you cannot find the information that you want, ask the Office Assistant.

Notes

In Microsoft Word, this is the Use linked and embedded objects to share information between Office programs topic.

In Microsoft PowerPoint, this is the Use embedded objects to share information between Office programs topic.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/13/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB288951
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