Error message: Ambiguous Name Detected

banjoe

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I recently purchased a new laptop and installed an upgrade version of Office 2003. In Excel whenever I enter anything, I always get a dialog box that says Microsoft Visual Basic with the following error message:
Ambiguous Name Detected: Not More Than.

The 2 options I am given is OK or Help. When I select help, Excel brings up a blank Help dialog box. If I select OK, Excel accepts what I entered. I cannot enter anything without this error message popping up.

Should I try to disable Visual basic to prevent this error message? In all my years of using XL, I've never seen this message. Any help is greatly appreciated.
 

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What that usually means is that you have two things trying to use the same reference name. Have a look at any code you have - do you have a Module with the same name as a sub-routine? If so, that is your problem. Simply change the name of the sub-routine or Module and the problem will be solved.
 
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Ambiguous name detected error.

Thanks for the tip. It appears that that is my problem. I appreciate your help.
 
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