merged cells and wrapping text
 

I have merged a few adjacent cells in a row, then asked Excel to wrap the
text with the merged cell. It refuses.

I was originally trying to do this in code, but I now find that it can't be
done even when I try and do it manually.
(Using Office XP)


Anyone know a work-around?

cheers


Rod

merged cells and wrapping text
 

Try the following code:

Sub alpha()
With Range("a1:b4")
.HorizontalAlignment = xlGeneral
.VerticalAlignment = xlTop
.WrapText = True
.MergeCells = True
End With
End Sub

Regards,

Alasdair Stirling

"Rod" wrote:

I have merged a few adjacent cells in a row, then asked Excel to wrap the
text with the merged cell. It refuses.

I was originally trying to do this in code, but I now find that it can't be
done even when I try and do it manually.
(Using Office XP)


Anyone know a work-around?

cheers


Rod

merged cells and wrapping text
 

thanks
but this only works because you have gone down to row 4.
I don't know how much text will be in cell a1 so I just want it to increase
the row height to accommodate the text in the same way Wrap works for a
single unmerged cell.

the problem is the same even if done manually without code.
As far as I can see there is no way of measuring how many lines the text
should flow onto and adjusting the row height by code either



"Alasdair Stirling" wrote in
message ...
Try the following code:

Sub alpha()
With Range("a1:b4")
.HorizontalAlignment = xlGeneral
.VerticalAlignment = xlTop
.WrapText = True
.MergeCells = True
End With
End Sub

Regards,

Alasdair Stirling

"Rod" wrote:

I have merged a few adjacent cells in a row, then asked Excel to wrap
the
text with the merged cell. It refuses.

I was originally trying to do this in code, but I now find that it can't
be
done even when I try and do it manually.
(Using Office XP)


Anyone know a work-around?

cheers


Rod

merged cells and wrapping text
 

Merged cells done support Autofit.

You might pursue some code like this posted by Jim Rech:

Jim Rech

Sub AutoFitMergedCellRowHeight()
Dim CurrentRowHeight As Single, MergedCellRgWidth As Single
Dim CurrCell As Range
Dim ActiveCellWidth As Single, PossNewRowHeight As Single
If ActiveCell.MergeCells Then
With ActiveCell.MergeArea
If .Rows.Count = 1 And .WrapText = True Then
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
CurrentRowHeight = .RowHeight
ActiveCellWidth = ActiveCell.ColumnWidth
For Each CurrCell In Selection
MergedCellRgWidth = CurrCell.ColumnWidth + _
MergedCellRgWidth
Next
.MergeCells = False
.Cells(1).ColumnWidth = MergedCellRgWidth
.EntireRow.AutoFit
PossNewRowHeight = .RowHeight
.Cells(1).ColumnWidth = ActiveCellWidth
.MergeCells = True
.RowHeight = IIf(CurrentRowHeight PossNewRowHeight, _
CurrentRowHeight, PossNewRowHeight)
End If
End With
End If
End Sub

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Rod" wrote in message
...
thanks
but this only works because you have gone down to row 4.
I don't know how much text will be in cell a1 so I just want it to
increase
the row height to accommodate the text in the same way Wrap works for a
single unmerged cell.

the problem is the same even if done manually without code.
As far as I can see there is no way of measuring how many lines the text
should flow onto and adjusting the row height by code either



"Alasdair Stirling" wrote in
message ...
Try the following code:

Sub alpha()
With Range("a1:b4")
.HorizontalAlignment = xlGeneral
.VerticalAlignment = xlTop
.WrapText = True
.MergeCells = True
End With
End Sub

Regards,

Alasdair Stirling

"Rod" wrote:

I have merged a few adjacent cells in a row, then asked Excel to wrap
the
text with the merged cell. It refuses.

I was originally trying to do this in code, but I now find that it
can't
be
done even when I try and do it manually.
(Using Office XP)


Anyone know a work-around?

cheers


Rod

merged cells and wrapping text
 

Thanks for this it looks good


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Merged cells done support Autofit.

You might pursue some code like this posted by Jim Rech:

Jim Rech

Sub AutoFitMergedCellRowHeight()
Dim CurrentRowHeight As Single, MergedCellRgWidth As Single
Dim CurrCell As Range
Dim ActiveCellWidth As Single, PossNewRowHeight As Single
If ActiveCell.MergeCells Then
With ActiveCell.MergeArea
If .Rows.Count = 1 And .WrapText = True Then
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
CurrentRowHeight = .RowHeight
ActiveCellWidth = ActiveCell.ColumnWidth
For Each CurrCell In Selection
MergedCellRgWidth = CurrCell.ColumnWidth + _
MergedCellRgWidth
Next
.MergeCells = False
.Cells(1).ColumnWidth = MergedCellRgWidth
.EntireRow.AutoFit
PossNewRowHeight = .RowHeight
.Cells(1).ColumnWidth = ActiveCellWidth
.MergeCells = True
.RowHeight = IIf(CurrentRowHeight PossNewRowHeight, _
CurrentRowHeight, PossNewRowHeight)
End If
End With
End If
End Sub

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Rod" wrote in message
...
thanks
but this only works because you have gone down to row 4.
I don't know how much text will be in cell a1 so I just want it to
increase
the row height to accommodate the text in the same way Wrap works for a
single unmerged cell.

the problem is the same even if done manually without code.
As far as I can see there is no way of measuring how many lines the text
should flow onto and adjusting the row height by code either



"Alasdair Stirling" wrote
in
message ...
Try the following code:

Sub alpha()
With Range("a1:b4")
.HorizontalAlignment = xlGeneral
.VerticalAlignment = xlTop
.WrapText = True
.MergeCells = True
End With
End Sub

Regards,

Alasdair Stirling

"Rod" wrote:

I have merged a few adjacent cells in a row, then asked Excel to
wrap
the
text with the merged cell. It refuses.

I was originally trying to do this in code, but I now find that it
can't
be
done even when I try and do it manually.
(Using Office XP)


Anyone know a work-around?

cheers


Rod