Try this:

From the Excel main menu:
<format<cells<alignment tab
Check: Wrap text

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"KVJ" wrote:

All I want to do is type text into an excel worksheet cell. How do I do this
so that ithe line of text stays within the cell and does not continue into
the columns to the right? It can't be that complicated!