Long text cells not printing

[brycerudyk]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I'm using Excel to make a large spreadsheet only containing text. In some of the cells (formatted as general), the text is quite long (in excess of 100 words). When I go to print the sheet, these long text cells appear blank. They also appear blank in print preview.

Is there a limit to how many characters may be in a cell for it to print?

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I'm using Excel to make a large spreadsheet only containing text. In some of
the cells (formatted as general), the text is quite long (in excess of 100
words). When I go to print the sheet, these long text cells appear blank. They
also appear blank in print preview.

Is there a limit to how many characters may be in a cell for it to print?

Only the first 1024 characters will be visible or print. But they should
show up in print preview. M ake sure you printer resolution is set to the
highest value and that you have the latest print driver from the printer
vendor.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Is there a limit to how many characters may be in a cell for it to print?

As Bob said, the limit is 1024 characters. But you can get more if you
include a hard CR (using Cmd-Opt-Return) at least one every 1024
characters.