XL2000: Cannot Show Scenario That Includes Merged Cells

When you use the Scenario Manager to show a scenario in Microsoft Excel 2000, you may receive the following error message: You may receive this message even though none of the changing cells are part of an array or a table.

This behavior can occur if any of the changing cells in the scenario are merged cells.

In Excel 2000, you cannot show a scenario that includes any merged cells. Make sure that you do not add any merged cells to your scenario when you create or edit it.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Excel 2000.

In Excel 2000, you can merge a number of cells into a single cell; to do so, follow these steps:

1.	Select the cells that you want to merge.
2.	On the Format menu, click Cells, click the Alignment tab, click to select the Merge cells check box, and then click OK.

NOTE: You can also merge cells by selecting the cells and clicking the Merge and Center button on the Formatting toolbar.

To add a scenario to a worksheet, follow these steps:

1.	On the Tools menu, click Scenarios, and then click Add.
2.	In the Scenario name edit box, type a name for your new scenario. In the Changing cells edit box, type a reference to the cells that you want to include in the scenario, and then click OK.
3.	In the Scenario Values dialog box, type a value for each changing cell. When you are finished, click OK.
4.	In the Scenarios list box, select the scenario that you want to show, and then click Show.

If any of the changing cells are merged cells, you receive the error message cited in the "Symptoms" section.