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Q233446: Business Planner: Excel Template Opens in Background

Article: Q233446
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbtool kbimu
Last Modified: 27-JUN-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Business Planner 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you click an Excel wizard link in Microsoft Business Planner, you may
experience either of the following symptoms:

- Microsoft Excel starts and opens the Excel template, but the template may
  open in the background and be hidden behind the Business Planner window.

- When you press ALT+TAB, you may not switch tasks to Business Planner or the
  most recently opened Excel template.

RESOLUTION
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To work around this issue, use one of the following methods:

- On the taskbar, click Business Planner or the Excel template you want to
  display on the screen.

- Use the task switching window to select Business Planner or the Excel
  template you want to display on the screen. To do this:

  1. Press and hold down the ALT key.

  2. Press the TAB key to switch through each running task in the task
     switching window until you select Business Planner or the Excel template
     you want to display on the screen.

  3. When Business Planner or the Excel template you want is selected, release
     the ALT key.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Business Planner.

MORE INFORMATION
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This problem does not occur with Word or Publisher wizard links.

Additional query words: msbp switches focus

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbtool kbimu 
Technology        : kbHomeMMsearch kbBusPlanner
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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