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I work with Excel 2003
How can I limit the width of a cell to - for example - 15 chars ?
I mean, anything larger than 15 chars won't be accepted
Thanks for help
Joël
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Under Data, Validation, you can set a maximum allowed text length.
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I work with Excel 2003
How can I limit the width of a cell to - for example - 15 chars ?
I mean, anything larger than 15 chars won't be accepted
Thanks for help
Joël

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Default Limit the size of a cell

With your cell selected, click on the menu bar Data - Validation
On the settings tab, change the allow drop down to Text Length
Change the data drop down to between
Enter 0 in minimum and 15 in maximum

Set the other tabs input message and error alert as required.

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I work with Excel 2003
How can I limit the width of a cell to - for example - 15 chars ?
I mean, anything larger than 15 chars won't be accepted
Thanks for help
Joël

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