Sorry, but no.
If there was a way of increasing that number then a new number would be the
actual limit.
A specification is a specification
Time to move to Access?
best wishes
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Bernard V Liengme
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"mike" wrote in message
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Is there a way to increase the number of characters that excel allows in a
cell? One data collecting/managing application I use frequently exceeds
the
limit.

Thanks

Mike