Excel Fill Handle

2010-02-22 Thread Hollett, Phil
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help. There is a known problem with the MS Excel Fill Handle not working in the Data Sheet view in SharePoint 2007 lists when using IE8. It works fine with IE6 and 7. (explanation: This is the feature in Excel that when you drag the bottom right handle of a cell

RE: Excel Fill Handle

2010-02-22 Thread Paul Noone
Have you tried Compatibility View? You know, that little button that forces IE8 to render the way a browser almost should. ;) Regards, Paul Online Developer, ICT CEO Sydney From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Hollett, Phil Sent: Tuesday, 23 February

RE: Excel Fill Handle

2010-02-22 Thread Hollett, Phil
Yes, that was the first thing I tried but it seems to make no difference. Is it working for you? Thanks, Phil From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Paul Noone Sent: Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:25 To: ozMOSS Subject:

RE: Excel Fill Handle

2010-02-22 Thread Paul Noone
Nothing works in IE8 including the OOTB flyout menus. You can't fix IE8 but you can force it to render your pages in X-UA compatibility mode. Just jump into your master pages and insert the following meta tag right at the top of the head section. meta http-equiv=X-UA-Compatible content=IE=7 /

RE: Excel Fill Handle

2010-02-22 Thread James Boman
I think the tag should be: meta http-equiv=X-UA-Compatible content=IE=EmulateIE7 / Also - remember if your using IE8 64-bit, it is classed as a Level 2 browser for SharePoint 2007 and DataSheet view is unsupported, or this documentation is out of date: