Not all text wraps in a cell containing large amount of text
 

A cell contains several paragraphs of text. Only the first dozen or so lines
of text wrap. The rest doesn't wrap and each following paragraph can only be
seen partially.

Not all text wraps in a cell containing large amount of text
 

I would try the following:
Select the column or Cell and go to "FORMAT CELLS" select "Alignment" -
"Vertical Alignment" - then select "TOP" and also ensure the "WORD WRAP
box is checked.
The default is usuall "bottom" and then if you have a narrow row - it
will sometimes only show the first line.

You might also have some paragraph returns entered. Insert a column
next to the column that needs to be "Cleaned" and then select the
"CLEAN" Function and then select the cell you want to "CLEAN"


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Not all text wraps in a cell containing large amount of text
 

Thanks, It still doesn't wrap all when the amount of text gets too big.

"wjohnson" wrote:


I would try the following:
Select the column or Cell and go to "FORMAT CELLS" select "Alignment" -
"Vertical Alignment" - then select "TOP" and also ensure the "WORD WRAP
box is checked.
The default is usuall "bottom" and then if you have a narrow row - it
will sometimes only show the first line.

You might also have some paragraph returns entered. Insert a column
next to the column that needs to be "Cleaned" and then select the
"CLEAN" Function and then select the cell you want to "CLEAN"


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Not all text wraps in a cell containing large amount of text
 

Kris

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 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:06:03 -0800, "Kris"
wrote:

Thanks, It still doesn't wrap all when the amount of text gets too big.

"wjohnson" wrote:


I would try the following:
Select the column or Cell and go to "FORMAT CELLS" select "Alignment" -
"Vertical Alignment" - then select "TOP" and also ensure the "WORD WRAP
box is checked.
The default is usuall "bottom" and then if you have a narrow row - it
will sometimes only show the first line.

You might also have some paragraph returns entered. Insert a column
next to the column that needs to be "Cleaned" and then select the
"CLEAN" Function and then select the cell you want to "CLEAN"


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