Excel can only display about 1000 characters in a cell. If using Alt-Enter
doesn't help you might try putting your text in a Text Box (from the Drawing
toolbar).

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Jim
"Dan S." wrote in message
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| When I have a cell with a lot of text in it, for instance a 10 line
| paragraph, even with word wrapping turned on,Excel seems to cut off the
| sentence and doesn't show all the text that should be displayed in the
| cell. Anyone see this before? If I click on the cell I can see all
| the text in the formula area at the top of Excel, but it's just not
| being displayed correctly in the cell.
|
| I have tried copying the text into a new cell, a new workbook, etc.
| I have the text aligned to the top and to the left. I've also tried
| changing it to all other settings and the same result.
| I have formatted the cell to General, text, and other types with no
| affect.
| I've tried widening the cell and merging.
| I've copied the text into notepad and back into a new cell/workbook.
|
| If I use Alt-Enter to force some of the sentences to a new line within
| the cell it helps, but some of the text still gets cut off.
|
| FYI, I consider myself an advanced user of Excel, so I'm pretty sure
| I've covered the basic formatting issues that could exist with no luck.
|