I am using Excel 97. Please note that I inherited this file.

I have a worksheet with data that I want to copy to a "new" workbook.
Unfortunately, when I select the worksheet tab and select "move or copy" make
my other selections, I am warned that data in some cells exceeds the 255
character limit and the data at the end will be truncated.
The column in question stores comments (text). I know that cells have a
character limit. But, if that is the case why can text be entered and still
display everything that is entered; yet, Excel will cut it off if I used the
worksheet tab to make a new workbook? Excel suggests using the copy/paste
command to copy the data. This doesn't help to automate the process.

Any suggestions?

TIA
Jan