In an Excel spreadsheet cell I have text but cannot see it. Instead
######### are displayed. I have tried dragging the right side of cell and
wrapping the text to see it but to no avail.

Maybe a *negative* time value.

A1 = 9:00
B1 = 8:00
C1 = ( =B1-A1) would duplicate your problem.
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HTH,

RD
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"PaulS" wrote in message
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In an Excel spreadsheet cell I have text but cannot see it. Instead
######### are displayed. I have tried dragging the right side of cell and
wrapping the text to see it but to no avail.

Nope. no time value used in the cell, just text.

Anyone who would like me to email them the file itself - just give me your
email address.

"RagDyer" wrote:

Maybe a *negative* time value.

A1 = 9:00
B1 = 8:00
C1 = ( =B1-A1) would duplicate your problem.
--
HTH,

RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
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"PaulS" wrote in message
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In an Excel spreadsheet cell I have text but cannot see it. Instead
######### are displayed. I have tried dragging the right side of cell and
wrapping the text to see it but to no avail.

Then you're experiencing the "text' bug!

Format the cell(s) to "General".

There seems to be a quirk (bug), where in a Text formatted cell of more then
approximately 256 characters, you'll get the ###'s.

Stranger yet, if you keep typing, the true text *returns* when the character
count exceeds 1024.

General format should work for the "in-between" character count.
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HTH,


RD
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"PaulS" wrote in message
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Nope. no time value used in the cell, just text.

Anyone who would like me to email them the file itself - just give me your
email address.

"RagDyer" wrote:

Maybe a *negative* time value.

A1 = 9:00
B1 = 8:00
C1 = ( =B1-A1) would duplicate your problem.
--
HTH,

RD
==============================================
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
==============================================


"PaulS" wrote in message
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In an Excel spreadsheet cell I have text but cannot see it. Instead
######### are displayed. I have tried dragging the right side of cell
and
wrapping the text to see it but to no avail.

The only time I've ever seen that is when there's a cell containing a
formula isn't wide enough to display the value. For grins and giggles, I'll
look at it. Send it to this address.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"PaulS" wrote in message
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In an Excel spreadsheet cell I have text but cannot see it. Instead
######### are displayed. I have tried dragging the right side of cell and
wrapping the text to see it but to no avail.

You nailed it! That's the problem. Is there a downloadable fix for it?

"RagDyer" wrote:

Then you're experiencing the "text' bug!

Format the cell(s) to "General".

There seems to be a quirk (bug), where in a Text formatted cell of more then
approximately 256 characters, you'll get the ###'s.

Stranger yet, if you keep typing, the true text *returns* when the character
count exceeds 1024.

General format should work for the "in-between" character count.
--


HTH,


RD
==============================================
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
==============================================

"PaulS" wrote in message
...
Nope. no time value used in the cell, just text.

Anyone who would like me to email them the file itself - just give me your
email address.

"RagDyer" wrote:

Maybe a *negative* time value.

A1 = 9:00
B1 = 8:00
C1 = ( =B1-A1) would duplicate your problem.
--
HTH,

RD
==============================================
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
==============================================


"PaulS" wrote in message
...
In an Excel spreadsheet cell I have text but cannot see it. Instead
######### are displayed. I have tried dragging the right side of cell
and
wrapping the text to see it but to no avail.

Nope. The fix is to format that cell as general.

PaulS wrote:

You nailed it! That's the problem. Is there a downloadable fix for it?

"RagDyer" wrote:

Then you're experiencing the "text' bug!

Format the cell(s) to "General".

There seems to be a quirk (bug), where in a Text formatted cell of more then
approximately 256 characters, you'll get the ###'s.

Stranger yet, if you keep typing, the true text *returns* when the character
count exceeds 1024.

General format should work for the "in-between" character count.
--


HTH,


RD
==============================================
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
==============================================

"PaulS" wrote in message
...
Nope. no time value used in the cell, just text.

Anyone who would like me to email them the file itself - just give me your
email address.

"RagDyer" wrote:

Maybe a *negative* time value.

A1 = 9:00
B1 = 8:00
C1 = ( =B1-A1) would duplicate your problem.
--
HTH,

RD
==============================================
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
==============================================


"PaulS" wrote in message
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In an Excel spreadsheet cell I have text but cannot see it. Instead
######### are displayed. I have tried dragging the right side of cell
and
wrapping the text to see it but to no avail.





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Dave Peterson