Text in formula bar is not displaying in cell

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Raquel8D

I am using Excel 2003. I am working in a merged cell with a row height of
375, which is less than the maximum of 409. The text in the cell gets cut
off once I click off of it even though it displays in the formula bar and it
also displays in the cell when I double-click inside the cell. There is
plenty of space within the cell for all of the text, but it just doesn't
display completely. I changed the font to a smaller size, and it still cuts
off at the same spot. Can anyone help, please?? Thank you!!
 
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Gord Dibben

Raquel

Excel Help on "limits" or "specifications" reveals that Excel will allow
32,767 characters to be entered in a cell.

However, it goes on to state that "only 1024 characters will be visible or can
be printed"

To work around this limitation, stick a few ALT + ENTERs in at appropriate
spots, about every 200 characters..

The ALT + ENTER forces a line-feed and expands the 1024 limit.

How far is not really known. Just experiment.

.........From Dave Peterson..........

I put this formula in A1:
="xxx"& REPT(REPT("asdf ",25)&CHAR(10),58)&"yyy"

And adjusted the columnwidth, rowheight and font size and I got about 7300
characters to print ok.

.........End Dave P.................

Failing that, use a Text Box to store the text or MS Word which is a word
processing application, unlike Excel which is not.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP
 
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