Data validation is exactly what you want:

Select the cells you want to restrict and pull-down:

Data Validation Allow text length Less than 11

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Gary's Student


"aqmdtran" wrote:

I want Excell 2003 to either limit me from putting a limited of character
within a cell. For example, I want only 10 characters within a cell, so
either I could set it up beforehand and excell will not let me put more than
10 characters or it could count how many characters I have in the cell with a
formula.