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Problem Note 37862: Selecting a cell with SAS® data from an Excel 2007 spreadsheet in Excel 2003 might return an exception

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When you select a cell containing SAS data from an Excel 2007 spreadsheet using Excel 2003, you might receive the following error:

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As a circumvention, open your workbook in Excel 2007 and save it as an Excel 2003 workbook. Then, open the newly saved Excel 2003 workbook using Excel 2003.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Add-in for Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition2.12.19.1 TS1M3 SP49.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition2.12.19.1 TS1M3 SP49.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows XP Professional2.12.19.1 TS1M3 SP49.1 TS1M3 SP4
Windows Vista2.12.19.1 TS1M3 SP49.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition2.12.19.1 TS1M3 SP49.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation2.12.19.1 TS1M3 SP49.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional2.12.19.1 TS1M3 SP49.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server2.12.19.1 TS1M3 SP49.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server2.12.19.1 TS1M3 SP49.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server2.12.19.1 TS1M3 SP49.1 TS1M3 SP4
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.