I assume SHELL is typo for CELL

In Help search for SPECS (specifications) and you will find
Length of cell contents (text) 32,767 characters. Only 1,024 display
in a cell; all 32,767 display in the formula bar.


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"Helena" wrote in message
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How long can be the text entered in the excell shell? I have quite long
text
and only approximately 3/4 of the text is printed out