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When I click in the cell, I can view the entire text. It will not print all
of the text in the cell; it cut-off a good portion of the text. Under Format
Cell, Category=text; Alignment=wrap text.
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How much text do you have in that cell?
=len(a1)
will show the number of characters in A1

If you add some alt-enters to force new lines within the cell, you should be
able to see more (and print more).

(Changing to a smaller font may be useful, too.)

Dorna Tucker wrote:

When I click in the cell, I can view the entire text. It will not print all
of the text in the cell; it cut-off a good portion of the text. Under Format
Cell, Category=text; Alignment=wrap text.


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Dorna

Excel Help on "limits" or "specifications" reveals that Excel will allow
32,767 characters to be entered in a cell.

However, it goes on to state that "only 1024 characters will be visible or can
be printed"

To work around this limitation, stick a few ALT + ENTERs in at appropriate
spots.

The ALT + ENTER forces a line-feed and expands the 1024 limit.

How far is not really known. Just experiment.

.........From Dave Peterson..........

I put this formula in A1:
="xxx"& REPT(REPT("asdf ",25)&CHAR(10),58)&"yyy"

And adjusted the columnwidth, rowheight and font size and I got about 7300
characters to print ok.

.........End Dave P.................

Failing that, use a Text Box to store the text.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:07:10 -0800, Dorna Tucker
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When I click in the cell, I can view the entire text. It will not print all
of the text in the cell; it cut-off a good portion of the text. Under Format
Cell, Category=text; Alignment=wrap text.


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I have 2,956 characters in the cell. I did add several alt-enters, change
font size, change column width and I am able to print the entire text in the
column.
Thank you for your help

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

How much text do you have in that cell?
=len(a1)
will show the number of characters in A1

If you add some alt-enters to force new lines within the cell, you should be
able to see more (and print more).

(Changing to a smaller font may be useful, too.)

Dorna Tucker wrote:

When I click in the cell, I can view the entire text. It will not print all
of the text in the cell; it cut-off a good portion of the text. Under Format
Cell, Category=text; Alignment=wrap text.


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Dave Peterson

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As I mentioned to Dave Peterson, I have 2,956 characters in the cell. I did
add several alt-enters, change font size, change column width and I am able
to print the entire text in the column.
Thank you for your help.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Dorna

Excel Help on "limits" or "specifications" reveals that Excel will allow
32,767 characters to be entered in a cell.

However, it goes on to state that "only 1024 characters will be visible or can
be printed"

To work around this limitation, stick a few ALT + ENTERs in at appropriate
spots.

The ALT + ENTER forces a line-feed and expands the 1024 limit.

How far is not really known. Just experiment.

.........From Dave Peterson..........

I put this formula in A1:
="xxx"& REPT(REPT("asdf ",25)&CHAR(10),58)&"yyy"

And adjusted the columnwidth, rowheight and font size and I got about 7300
characters to print ok.

.........End Dave P.................

Failing that, use a Text Box to store the text.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:07:10 -0800, Dorna Tucker
wrote:

When I click in the cell, I can view the entire text. It will not print all
of the text in the cell; it cut-off a good portion of the text. Under Format
Cell, Category=text; Alignment=wrap text.



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