I have a request for a custom header in Excel and I'm having a hard time
getting what I want.

When I type the text into the section of the header I want it to appear in
and format it the way I want, it looks completely different when I leave the
cell. Mainly the font size and the line spacing gets wacky.

Also, there's not enough room in the header for the number of lines I want
in the header, can I make it bigger?

I thought maybe a graphic of the information I wanted to place in the header
was a good option, but I need it to run the width of the page and it only
goes as far as whatever section I use to insert it. Is there a way to
combine the sections?

Any help appreciated. Thank you

You can format the font, including the font size, by selecting the text that
you want to format and then clicking on the font icon.

You can increase or decrease the space allotted for the header or footer in
the Margins tab of the Page Setup dialog (command is File/Page Setup) or
graphically by doing a print preview, then clicking the Margins button. The
header and footer areas will show below the top margin for the header and
above the bottom margin for the footer.

Hope this helps.

"Tracy" wrote:

I have a request for a custom header in Excel and I'm having a hard time
getting what I want.

When I type the text into the section of the header I want it to appear in
and format it the way I want, it looks completely different when I leave the
cell. Mainly the font size and the line spacing gets wacky.

Also, there's not enough room in the header for the number of lines I want
in the header, can I make it bigger?

I thought maybe a graphic of the information I wanted to place in the header
was a good option, but I need it to run the width of the page and it only
goes as far as whatever section I use to insert it. Is there a way to
combine the sections?

Any help appreciated. Thank you

The only formatting for text is font type, size and underline, strikethrough and
a couple others.

No font color available.

Max characters per header/footer is 255

Place a graphic wide enough to stretch across from margin to margin into the
center footer and see what happens.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:49:01 -0800, Tracy
wrote:

I have a request for a custom header in Excel and I'm having a hard time
getting what I want.

When I type the text into the section of the header I want it to appear in
and format it the way I want, it looks completely different when I leave the
cell. Mainly the font size and the line spacing gets wacky.

Also, there's not enough room in the header for the number of lines I want
in the header, can I make it bigger?

I thought maybe a graphic of the information I wanted to place in the header
was a good option, but I need it to run the width of the page and it only
goes as far as whatever section I use to insert it. Is there a way to
combine the sections?

Any help appreciated. Thank you