Thanks very much for the knowledge. That's interesting.

"David Biddulph" wrote:

From Excel (2003) help on limits:
"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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David Biddulph

"danhattan" wrote in message
...
I copied an entry from project management software we use called
ClearQuest,
and pasted it directly into an Excel cell (after pressing F2 to make the
formula bar active). The entry is 312 words, and 1630 characters.

On screen and on the print preview, only the first 180 words and 941
characters of the pasted entry are visible. However, if I put the cursor
in
the cell, the entire entry is visible in the formula bar.

Sorta truncated, sorta not. Anyone have any ideas on what would cause this
behavior? Is there a cause, or is it just a one-off fluke?

Thanks in advance to all for any thoughts.