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Default Disappearing text in Excel cells

Am not sure, but I have seen it happen on a newly purchased system using
Office 2003 attempting to handle files created in Office 97 or Office XP,
however the file was absolutely fine on other computers


"Shannon Jacobs" wrote in message
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That's one of the things I think I should have checked separately from
asking the originator about the file. However, do you have any specific
reasons to think it might be computer-specific? Still, this is a pretty
new and highly capable machine, and I'm thinking that any problems should
have been more likely in the other direction...

Gail wrote:
Does the problem exist if the file is opened on a different computer?


"Shannon Jacobs" wrote in message
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Actually, the text hasn't gone anywhere, but it just becomes
invisible or turns into a row of XXXXs when you leave the cell.
Clicking in the cell makes it visible again--but only until you
leave. I've found a lot of threads that discuss various aspects and
manifestations of the problem. Many people think it is related to
text wrapping, but I'm not sure about that. I am sure that it is not
related to the size of the text. At least not directly. Many of the
threads suggested various workarounds that are supposed to make it
go away, but I've tried a bunch of them, and no joy.

Microsoft "support" website was useless, as usual.

Anyone able to explain what's going on here? Yet another fix?