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In Excel 2002, the longest string I can use in a formula is (to my
mind) ludicrously short.
I have a workbook that requires HUNDREDS of English sentences like:
="Just to let y'all know, thanks to all the swell work by our sales
staff in 2007, and despite our having to fire half of them for
insubordination, and despite our chairman's having run off to a region
in Asia which we believe is officially called the Glorious Former
Soviet Autonomous People's Provisional Revolutionary Socialist
Republic of Trans-Caucasian Equitorial Guinea, our company's annual
return on investment last year was really pretty good. In fact, it
exceeded all expectations and was: "&ROI.
Try entering that in a cell in Edsel 2002.
I mean, does Microflot literally believe that Excel--one of the
superbest apps ever written, don't get me wrong--is never used for
English language processing, and that users exclusively use numbers
and short strings only?
So, is there any way to create, kludge, fudge, or otherwise do an end
run to create a formula that will accept long strings without choking?
If more recent versions of Excel have fixed this shortcoming, then
retract EVERYTHING I said, and I will rush out and buy it.
Thanks much.
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mind) ludicrously short.
I have a workbook that requires HUNDREDS of English sentences like:
="Just to let y'all know, thanks to all the swell work by our sales
staff in 2007, and despite our having to fire half of them for
insubordination, and despite our chairman's having run off to a region
in Asia which we believe is officially called the Glorious Former
Soviet Autonomous People's Provisional Revolutionary Socialist
Republic of Trans-Caucasian Equitorial Guinea, our company's annual
return on investment last year was really pretty good. In fact, it
exceeded all expectations and was: "&ROI.
Try entering that in a cell in Edsel 2002.
I mean, does Microflot literally believe that Excel--one of the
superbest apps ever written, don't get me wrong--is never used for
English language processing, and that users exclusively use numbers
and short strings only?
So, is there any way to create, kludge, fudge, or otherwise do an end
run to create a formula that will accept long strings without choking?
If more recent versions of Excel have fixed this shortcoming, then
retract EVERYTHING I said, and I will rush out and buy it.
Thanks much.
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