How much text is there? If i'm not mistaken excel has a max of 1024
characters per cell so if your exceeding that, text will not show.



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It's almost 32k characters that can be in a cell. Excel's help states that only
1024 are visible, but that isn't correct if you pepper the text with alt-enters
every 80-100 characters.

But it's difficult to guess what the OP tried (and failed) with the lack of
details in his message.

pinmaster wrote:

How much text is there? If i'm not mistaken excel has a max of 1024
characters per cell so if your exceeding that, text will not show.

HTH
JG

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Thanks Dave, I did not know that. And you're right, it is difficult to
guess sometimes, I just wish more people would follow up on their post
and then leave feedback for others to benefit.

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Thanks, But this is not the problems guys. This is a new installation of
Excel on a new machine. I've been using Alt+Enter for years and for some
reason, the text does not show up, even if it's only a few characters
followed by Alt+Enter, then a few more characters. Please help.



"pinmaster" wrote:


Thanks Dave, I did not know that. And you're right, it is difficult to
guess sometimes, I just wish more people would follow up on their post
and then leave feedback for others to benefit.

Regards
JG


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Widen the column
Increase the row height
change the format to General
change the format to not white on white
check format|conditional formatting.

Do you see the text in the formula bar?

You're gonna have to provide some details sometime.

BlueRunner wrote:

Thanks, But this is not the problems guys. This is a new installation of
Excel on a new machine. I've been using Alt+Enter for years and for some
reason, the text does not show up, even if it's only a few characters
followed by Alt+Enter, then a few more characters. Please help.

"pinmaster" wrote:


Thanks Dave, I did not know that. And you're right, it is difficult to
guess sometimes, I just wish more people would follow up on their post
and then leave feedback for others to benefit.

Regards
JG


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