I tried to post this earlier on other excel usenet group but it did
not seem to appear - forgive if I am posting cross-group, I do not
mean to be doing that.

My question is simple enough. I have a textbox on a page (not on a
userform), and I have a vertical scroll bar so the user can scroll
down and read the text (the text is a wordy legal disclaimer). I
covered the text with a frame, so the user cannot mess with it. It all
seems to work great except for one thing.

Even before I covered about 2/3 of the text box with the frame, I had
this problem. The scroll bars do not visually appear unless you click
in the area of the textbox that is not covered by the frame. The
scroll bars are there and they function fine - but they do not appear
visually when you first open the worksheet. I have no idea why not.

I am concerned that the user will not know that the scroll bars are
there. Also, sometimes the text itself does not appear until you
click somewhere on the sheet (not necessarily in the text box). I do
not know what causes this. Is there some way to make certain the text
appears and that the scroll bar is visible when the sheet is opened?

This is probably too basic a question for this group, but I would
still appreciate a response from someone who knows more than me (which
is probably just about anybody else who has found this amazing user
group).

Thanks in advance.