Pasting large amounts of text into a cell
When pasting large amounts of text (using Paste Special - Text) into a cell,
we don't see all the text. Some text appears to run beyond the cell border. Tried the AutoFit and that doesn't make the text fit. When I widen the column, the text still doesn't appear properly. What more can I do? Thank You. Ardell |
Pasting large amounts of text into a cell
Ardell
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, about every 100 characters.. 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 or MS Word which is a word processing application, unlike Excel which is not. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 15:50:12 -0600, "Ardell" wrote: When pasting large amounts of text (using Paste Special - Text) into a cell, we don't see all the text. Some text appears to run beyond the cell border. Tried the AutoFit and that doesn't make the text fit. When I widen the column, the text still doesn't appear properly. What more can I do? Thank You. Ardell |
Pasting large amounts of text into a cell
Try adding alt-enters every 80-100 characters to force new lines within that
cell. Ardell wrote: When pasting large amounts of text (using Paste Special - Text) into a cell, we don't see all the text. Some text appears to run beyond the cell border. Tried the AutoFit and that doesn't make the text fit. When I widen the column, the text still doesn't appear properly. What more can I do? Thank You. Ardell -- Dave Peterson |
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