What do I do to make it readable on the spreadsheet?

"susanhasquestion" wrote:
What do I do to make it readable on the spreadsheet?
.... Typed or pasted text in a cell appears as ####

Try expanding the column width?
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Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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It could mean a few things.

1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number.

Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the
numberformat to General.

2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative

Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have
changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some
other number format).

If you need to see negative date/times:
Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system
(but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates
and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different
workbook that doesn't use this setting)

3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text.

Format the cell as general.

4. You really have ###'s in that cell.

Clean up that cell.

5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill.

Change the format
(format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General.

susanhasquestion wrote:

What do I do to make it readable on the spreadsheet?

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Dave Peterson

Tried that. I wrapped the text - so this shouldn't be an issue.

"Max" wrote:

"susanhasquestion" wrote:
What do I do to make it readable on the spreadsheet?
... Typed or pasted text in a cell appears as ####

Try expanding the column width?
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Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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Changing the format of the cell to general did the trick. Thanks!

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

It could mean a few things.

1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number.

Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the
numberformat to General.

2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative

Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have
changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some
other number format).

If you need to see negative date/times:
Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system
(but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates
and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different
workbook that doesn't use this setting)

3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text.

Format the cell as general.

4. You really have ###'s in that cell.

Clean up that cell.

5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill.

Change the format
(format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General.

susanhasquestion wrote:

What do I do to make it readable on the spreadsheet?

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Dave Peterson

Darn! <g. Aha, at least I got the diagnostic sequence right, re - Dave's
comprehensive response.
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Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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"susanhasquestion" wrote:
Tried that. I wrapped the text - so this shouldn't be an issue.

It's always #3 <vbg.

Max wrote:

Darn! <g. Aha, at least I got the diagnostic sequence right, re - Dave's
comprehensive response.
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Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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"susanhasquestion" wrote:
Tried that. I wrapped the text - so this shouldn't be an issue.

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Dave Peterson