Thank you.

Yes, I'm sure I am in the Visual Basic Editor. If I open Excel to a
new, blank workbook, open Microsoft Excel Objects- Sheet 1 and press F1
I get a window whose title bar says Microsoft Visual Basic Help. The
window says the following:

Ambiguous Selection

Either you have not selected a keyword or you have requested Help on a
component of the integrated development environment (IDE). If you were
trying to select a keyword, try reselecting a single keyword. If you
were trying to get information on the IDE, click one of the following:

Code or Module Window
Immediate Window or Pane
Locals Window or Pane
Object Browser
Watch Window or Pane

If I click on the Help menu item, I get these choices:

Microsoft Visual Basic Help F1
MSDN on the Web
About Microsoft Visual Basic

If I choose the first, I get the pane to the right entitled Visual Basic
Help with a search box and a table of contents. Using Search produces
the condition I first described. If I bore down through the Table of
Contents to any item including Functions, the same non- response occurs.

I can't imagine what the problem is.



Thanks again.


"Don Guillett" <donaldb@281.com> wrote in message
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> Are you sure you were in the vbe? Or, were you trying from regular
> help? alt
> f11 to access vbe then f1 or click help. Should read Visual Basic Help
> on
> the title bar
>
> --
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> donaldb@281.com
> "Jack Gillis" <XXXXXXXX@widomaker.com> wrote in message
> news:11a3nn05e0egp45@corp.supernews.com...
>> Well, that worked here on 2003 also. I am still left wondering why
>> when
>> I click on Help in VBE and search for msgbox or any other function,
>> those items identified as Visual Basic for Applications just don't
>> seem
>> to produce anything? As I said, the mouse cursor turns to a hand and
>> just sits there.
>>
>> Any ideas on that.
>> "Don Guillett" <donaldb@281.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23bH7eWQaFHA.1148@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> > in xl2002>in vbe>f1>index>msgbox worked just fine.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Don Guillett
>> > SalesAid Software
>> > donaldb@281.com
>> > "Jack Gillis" <XXXXXXXX@widomaker.com> wrote in message
>> > news:11a2ubli83qe22d@corp.supernews.com...
>> >> OS = WinXP Home and Pro with SP2.
>> >>
>> >> Under Office 2003 Professional Edition with SP1, if I open the VBA
>> >> Editor and search for a function (say Msgbox) I get a whole list
>> >> of
>> >> things that can be displayed. All selections respond to a mouse
>> >> click
>> >> and provide a wealth of information except for those noted as
>> >> (Visual
>> >> Basic for Applications.) For those, nothing happens -- the system
>> >> just
>> >> sits there with the mouse cursor changed to a hand.
>> >>
>> >> I have gone to Control Panel/Add Remove Programs and followed the
>> >> instructions that appear in several places on the web for adding
>> >> the
>> >> VBA help files. The system reports the update was successful but
>> >> still
>> >> no response to clicking on those items noted as (Visual Basic for
>> >> Applications). This happens on my Desktop as well as my Laptop.
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know what else I might need to do to see the VBA
>> >> designated
>> >> items?
>> >>
>> >> Thank you very much.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
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