How to spill over into a "" cell?
I'm building a horizontal flexible calendar, a couple of months next to each
other, the start date being an input variable eg 28/06/2008. The column width is just enough to display the DAY. Row 1 has the dates starting with "input variable" (this row will be hidden in the final presentation) Row 2 if day = 1 display the month / year eg "July 2008". I use =if(day(A1)=1,text(A1,"mmmm yyyy"),""), copied across all columns Row 3 has the days eg 28 29 30 01 02 03 (=A1, formatted "dd") The problem is in row 2: the column width is too narrow to display "July 2008". I would like this to spill over into following columns; however that does not happen, because the column of day 02 contains a "", not a true empty cell. |
How to spill over into a "" cell?
You cannot spill text over if the adjacent cell has anything in it.
Re-design. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:07:02 -0700, Michael R wrote: I'm building a horizontal flexible calendar, a couple of months next to each other, the start date being an input variable eg 28/06/2008. The column width is just enough to display the DAY. Row 1 has the dates starting with "input variable" (this row will be hidden in the final presentation) Row 2 if day = 1 display the month / year eg "July 2008". I use =if(day(A1)=1,text(A1,"mmmm yyyy"),""), copied across all columns Row 3 has the days eg 28 29 30 01 02 03 (=A1, formatted "dd") The problem is in row 2: the column width is too narrow to display "July 2008". I would like this to spill over into following columns; however that does not happen, because the column of day 02 contains a "", not a true empty cell. |
How to spill over into a "" cell?
Gord Dibben wrote:
You cannot spill text over if the adjacent cell has anything in it. Re-design. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:07:02 -0700, Michael R wrote: I'm building a horizontal flexible calendar, a couple of months next to each other, the start date being an input variable eg 28/06/2008. The column width is just enough to display the DAY. Row 1 has the dates starting with "input variable" (this row will be hidden in the final presentation) Row 2 if day = 1 display the month / year eg "July 2008". I use =if(day(A1)=1,text(A1,"mmmm yyyy"),""), copied across all columns Row 3 has the days eg 28 29 30 01 02 03 (=A1, formatted "dd") The problem is in row 2: the column width is too narrow to display "July 2008". I would like this to spill over into following columns; however that does not happen, because the column of day 02 contains a "", not a true empty cell. Gord is right. Some suggestions: Slightly wider column? Smaller font size? Use "Arial Narrow" font? Bill |
How to spill over into a "" cell?
Thanks, Gord and Bill for your explanations and suggestions.
My current work-around: across the whole row (row 2 in my below exlpanation) =MID(TEXT(U3,"mmmm yyyy"),DAY(U3),1) where U3 is one of the cells holding a date It is not as "beautifully" formatted as it would have been in one single cell with proportional font but still acceptable. "Bill Sharpe" wrote: Gord Dibben wrote: You cannot spill text over if the adjacent cell has anything in it. Re-design. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:07:02 -0700, Michael R wrote: I'm building a horizontal flexible calendar, a couple of months next to each other, the start date being an input variable eg 28/06/2008. The column width is just enough to display the DAY. Row 1 has the dates starting with "input variable" (this row will be hidden in the final presentation) Row 2 if day = 1 display the month / year eg "July 2008". I use =if(day(A1)=1,text(A1,"mmmm yyyy"),""), copied across all columns Row 3 has the days eg 28 29 30 01 02 03 (=A1, formatted "dd") The problem is in row 2: the column width is too narrow to display "July 2008". I would like this to spill over into following columns; however that does not happen, because the column of day 02 contains a "", not a true empty cell. Gord is right. Some suggestions: Slightly wider column? Smaller font size? Use "Arial Narrow" font? Bill |
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