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Is there a maximum number of words when using text wrapping?
I'm using text wrapping in my spreadsheet and on occassion, not all the time,
the cell displays "XXX" indicating the cell is not large enough for the contents. I try to enlarge the cell, but it doesn't work. I have cells that contain the same amount of information and it displays properly, while others don't. How do I fix this? Is there a maximum amount of information you can include in a cell when using text wrapping? If so, why don't I have this problem with the cells that have the same amount of info? Thanks. |
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Is there a maximum number of words when using text wrapping?
It could mean a few things.
1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number. Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the numberformat to General. 2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some other number format). If you need to see negative date/times: Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system (but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different workbook that doesn't use this setting) 3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text. Format the cell as general. 4. You really have ###'s in that cell. Clean up that cell. 5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill. Change the format (format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General. I'm guessing #3. Marian wrote: I'm using text wrapping in my spreadsheet and on occassion, not all the time, the cell displays "XXX" indicating the cell is not large enough for the contents. I try to enlarge the cell, but it doesn't work. I have cells that contain the same amount of information and it displays properly, while others don't. How do I fix this? Is there a maximum amount of information you can include in a cell when using text wrapping? If so, why don't I have this problem with the cells that have the same amount of info? Thanks. -- Dave Peterson |
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Is there a maximum number of words when using text wrapping?
Dave, thanks for your help! I formatted the cells as general and my text
shows up. I had read other responses that said the cell could display up to 1027 characters, and I had no where near that much, so I didn't understand why I was having a problem. Thanks again, Marian "Dave Peterson" wrote: It could mean a few things. 1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number. Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the numberformat to General. 2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some other number format). If you need to see negative date/times: Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system (but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different workbook that doesn't use this setting) 3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text. Format the cell as general. 4. You really have ###'s in that cell. Clean up that cell. 5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill. Change the format (format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General. I'm guessing #3. Marian wrote: I'm using text wrapping in my spreadsheet and on occassion, not all the time, the cell displays "XXX" indicating the cell is not large enough for the contents. I try to enlarge the cell, but it doesn't work. I have cells that contain the same amount of information and it displays properly, while others don't. How do I fix this? Is there a maximum amount of information you can include in a cell when using text wrapping? If so, why don't I have this problem with the cells that have the same amount of info? Thanks. -- Dave Peterson |
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Is there a maximum number of words when using text wrapping?
You didn't own the problem--you were a victim of a small bug in excel.
The best guess that I've seen is from Tom Ogilvy. (Paraphrasing at best) Early versions of excel supported 255 characters per cell. When xl97 came out, xl allowed almost 32k characters per cell. There was a mixup somewhere in the development/testing that missed this problem. The problem only occurs if the string is between 256 and 1024 characters. ==== And just an aside, you can see lots more than that 1024 characters documented in excel's help if you add alt-enters every 80 to 100 characters. Marian wrote: Dave, thanks for your help! I formatted the cells as general and my text shows up. I had read other responses that said the cell could display up to 1027 characters, and I had no where near that much, so I didn't understand why I was having a problem. Thanks again, Marian "Dave Peterson" wrote: It could mean a few things. 1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number. Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the numberformat to General. 2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some other number format). If you need to see negative date/times: Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system (but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different workbook that doesn't use this setting) 3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text. Format the cell as general. 4. You really have ###'s in that cell. Clean up that cell. 5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill. Change the format (format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General. I'm guessing #3. Marian wrote: I'm using text wrapping in my spreadsheet and on occassion, not all the time, the cell displays "XXX" indicating the cell is not large enough for the contents. I try to enlarge the cell, but it doesn't work. I have cells that contain the same amount of information and it displays properly, while others don't. How do I fix this? Is there a maximum amount of information you can include in a cell when using text wrapping? If so, why don't I have this problem with the cells that have the same amount of info? Thanks. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Is there a maximum number of words when using text wrapping?
Dave, I am using Excel 2000 and I am importing data from a database and need
to know the max number of words/characters that can be imported into one cell. We have a field that is imported that is "Update" and it is chopping data off - 1. we don't know what the max number is in a cell, 2. do you know how we can make Excel accept all the text since we need to see it all from the update field we are importing. We need this answered asap. Thanks so much anyone, Dave. Laura Henige "Dave Peterson" wrote: You didn't own the problem--you were a victim of a small bug in excel. The best guess that I've seen is from Tom Ogilvy. (Paraphrasing at best) Early versions of excel supported 255 characters per cell. When xl97 came out, xl allowed almost 32k characters per cell. There was a mixup somewhere in the development/testing that missed this problem. The problem only occurs if the string is between 256 and 1024 characters. ==== And just an aside, you can see lots more than that 1024 characters documented in excel's help if you add alt-enters every 80 to 100 characters. Marian wrote: Dave, thanks for your help! I formatted the cells as general and my text shows up. I had read other responses that said the cell could display up to 1027 characters, and I had no where near that much, so I didn't understand why I was having a problem. Thanks again, Marian "Dave Peterson" wrote: It could mean a few things. 1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number. Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the numberformat to General. 2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some other number format). If you need to see negative date/times: Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system (but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different workbook that doesn't use this setting) 3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text. Format the cell as general. 4. You really have ###'s in that cell. Clean up that cell. 5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill. Change the format (format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General. I'm guessing #3. Marian wrote: I'm using text wrapping in my spreadsheet and on occassion, not all the time, the cell displays "XXX" indicating the cell is not large enough for the contents. I try to enlarge the cell, but it doesn't work. I have cells that contain the same amount of information and it displays properly, while others don't. How do I fix this? Is there a maximum amount of information you can include in a cell when using text wrapping? If so, why don't I have this problem with the cells that have the same amount of info? Thanks. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Is there a maximum number of words when using text wrapping?
How are you importing that data?
A manual copy|paste? Paste directly into the formula bar to see if that helps. An excel macro that retrieves the value from the database??? This will be limited to 255 characters. If I remember correctly, you could use a macro in Access (are you using Access????) that can push the data to excel. But that's beyond me. You can test it yourself, wait for an excel/access user to jump in, or ask the question in an Access newsgroup. LauraH wrote: Dave, I am using Excel 2000 and I am importing data from a database and need to know the max number of words/characters that can be imported into one cell. We have a field that is imported that is "Update" and it is chopping data off - 1. we don't know what the max number is in a cell, 2. do you know how we can make Excel accept all the text since we need to see it all from the update field we are importing. We need this answered asap. Thanks so much anyone, Dave. Laura Henige "Dave Peterson" wrote: You didn't own the problem--you were a victim of a small bug in excel. The best guess that I've seen is from Tom Ogilvy. (Paraphrasing at best) Early versions of excel supported 255 characters per cell. When xl97 came out, xl allowed almost 32k characters per cell. There was a mixup somewhere in the development/testing that missed this problem. The problem only occurs if the string is between 256 and 1024 characters. ==== And just an aside, you can see lots more than that 1024 characters documented in excel's help if you add alt-enters every 80 to 100 characters. Marian wrote: Dave, thanks for your help! I formatted the cells as general and my text shows up. I had read other responses that said the cell could display up to 1027 characters, and I had no where near that much, so I didn't understand why I was having a problem. Thanks again, Marian "Dave Peterson" wrote: It could mean a few things. 1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number. Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the numberformat to General. 2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some other number format). If you need to see negative date/times: Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system (but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different workbook that doesn't use this setting) 3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text. Format the cell as general. 4. You really have ###'s in that cell. Clean up that cell. 5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill. Change the format (format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General. I'm guessing #3. Marian wrote: I'm using text wrapping in my spreadsheet and on occassion, not all the time, the cell displays "XXX" indicating the cell is not large enough for the contents. I try to enlarge the cell, but it doesn't work. I have cells that contain the same amount of information and it displays properly, while others don't. How do I fix this? Is there a maximum amount of information you can include in a cell when using text wrapping? If so, why don't I have this problem with the cells that have the same amount of info? Thanks. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Is there a maximum number of words when using text wrapping?
Thanks Dave, the copy/paste worked. I can't believe I didn't think of such
an easy fix. Laura "Dave Peterson" wrote: How are you importing that data? A manual copy|paste? Paste directly into the formula bar to see if that helps. An excel macro that retrieves the value from the database??? This will be limited to 255 characters. If I remember correctly, you could use a macro in Access (are you using Access????) that can push the data to excel. But that's beyond me. You can test it yourself, wait for an excel/access user to jump in, or ask the question in an Access newsgroup. LauraH wrote: Dave, I am using Excel 2000 and I am importing data from a database and need to know the max number of words/characters that can be imported into one cell. We have a field that is imported that is "Update" and it is chopping data off - 1. we don't know what the max number is in a cell, 2. do you know how we can make Excel accept all the text since we need to see it all from the update field we are importing. We need this answered asap. Thanks so much anyone, Dave. Laura Henige "Dave Peterson" wrote: You didn't own the problem--you were a victim of a small bug in excel. The best guess that I've seen is from Tom Ogilvy. (Paraphrasing at best) Early versions of excel supported 255 characters per cell. When xl97 came out, xl allowed almost 32k characters per cell. There was a mixup somewhere in the development/testing that missed this problem. The problem only occurs if the string is between 256 and 1024 characters. ==== And just an aside, you can see lots more than that 1024 characters documented in excel's help if you add alt-enters every 80 to 100 characters. Marian wrote: Dave, thanks for your help! I formatted the cells as general and my text shows up. I had read other responses that said the cell could display up to 1027 characters, and I had no where near that much, so I didn't understand why I was having a problem. Thanks again, Marian "Dave Peterson" wrote: It could mean a few things. 1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number. Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the numberformat to General. 2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some other number format). If you need to see negative date/times: Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system (but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different workbook that doesn't use this setting) 3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text. Format the cell as general. 4. You really have ###'s in that cell. Clean up that cell. 5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill. Change the format (format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General. I'm guessing #3. Marian wrote: I'm using text wrapping in my spreadsheet and on occassion, not all the time, the cell displays "XXX" indicating the cell is not large enough for the contents. I try to enlarge the cell, but it doesn't work. I have cells that contain the same amount of information and it displays properly, while others don't. How do I fix this? Is there a maximum amount of information you can include in a cell when using text wrapping? If so, why don't I have this problem with the cells that have the same amount of info? Thanks. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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