Re: Your entry cannot be used. An integer or decimal number may be required.

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From: Myrna Larson (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/04/04


Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:08:26 -0500

Have you asked Dell whether the BIOS upgrade has any problems? I installed
Windows SP2, and don't have this problem.

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 00:05:35 -0700, "mike walker"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>If I try to format a cell, (font, alignment, number, etc.)
>I get this message: "Your entry cannot be used. An integer
>or decimal number may be required." I also get this when I
>click on any tab in the Options dialog box from the Tools
>menu. I am also getting some weird results from Word when
>I try to adjust margins in a document. I will enter a
>whole number and the error essage will tell me that it is
>not a valid number. Finally, I have noticed that in any
>setting (i.e. downloading a file, looking at a file's
>properties, looking at the size of a file in File Explorer
>it will display a file size greater that the actual file
>size, for example a 4.5 MB file will be shown as 45 MB. I
>just updated my BIOS prior to loading Windows XP Service
>pack 2 from a CD and I noticed this behavior afterwards. I
>have a Dell Inspiron 8600 that is just about 1 yr. old.



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