"GS" wrote in message ...
GS expressed precisely :

The contents will display in the FormulaBar when the cell is selected.
Does this not work for you?


This will not work, because our spreadsheet/workbook is marked
as "password protected" after a few days. If you try to click on any
cell Excel displays the following message:

"The cell or chart that you are trying to change is protected
and therefore read-only"

Users are not allowed to modify/edit old workbooks, so, it's just slightly
annoying when long strings are not easily visible in these read-only
workbooks.

Robert