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XL: "Excel Could Not Save All the Data and Formatting" Error Message

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Symptoms

In Microsoft Excel, if you format a large selection with conditional formatting and then save the file, you may receive the following error message:
Excel could not save all the data and formatting you recently added to filename.xls

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Cause

This error message appears when you have applied conditional formatting to more than 2,050 rows. This is a limitation in the way that Excel saves information about your file.

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Keywords: KB215783, kbprb, kberrmsg

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Article Info
Article ID : 215783
Revision : 5
Created on : 1/24/2007
Published on : 1/24/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 217