Tom's suggestion of using a mono space font would be easiest. But if you
know you will need two columns why not use two real columns.

Following puts all cells in A1:A10 in two cells in a row. I assume you have
some method of getting the actual cell values but just for ideas -

Option Explicit
Sub testSetup()
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim s As String
For i = 1 To 10
s = ""
For j = 1 To i
s = s & Chr(i + 64)
Next
Cells(i, 1) = s
Next

End Sub

Sub test()
Dim i As Long
Dim w As Double
Dim s1 As String, s2 As String

For i = 1 To 10
If i Mod 2 Then
If Len(s1) Then s1 = s1 & vbLf
s1 = s1 & Cells(i, 1)
Else
If Len(s2) Then s2 = s2 & vbLf
s2 = s2 & Cells(i, 1)
End If
Next

With Columns(1)
.AutoFit
w = .ColumnWidth
End With

Range("c11").Value = s1
Range("d11").Value = s2
Range("C:D").ColumnWidth = w

End Sub

Regards,
Peter T

"macro_guy34345" wrote in message
...
Well, that definitly helps, the problem is that this is going to be seen
by a
lot of vice-prez's. So I need to formatting to look really good. Is there
any
way to align the first name to the left of the cell and the second name to
the right of the cell?

Tom Jones Bob Denver
Dave Braine Meg Olvie

Something like that. I'll be honest, I am VERY new to vba. I am not really
sure what to do here. My boss definitly wants it to be in a columner
format
and very professional looking.

Thanks again!
"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Keep a record of who needs to be highlighted by name and location in the
grid
(or run it as a separate program)

you can bold a part of a string with

Sub BoldThe()
s = "Running in the Woods is hard"
i = InStr(1, s, "the", vbTextCompare)
ActiveCell.Value = s
ActiveCell.Characters(i, 3).Font.Bold = True
ActiveCell.WrapText = True
ActiveCell.EntireRow.AutoFit
End Sub

as a demonstration. The above is probably applicable for your second
column. Pick a standard column width, just append your names with no
chr(10) and when done, autofit the rows. The names won't necessarily be
lined up in a columnar fashion. If you need columnar, then you two
column
approach seems good. You might do better with a mono-spaced font like
courier new. Also using a smaller font size might help.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"macro_guy34345" wrote:

I have two problems, but first a little background:

I have a worksheet that lists names, followed by the names are about 5
columns, two of which are a "capabilities" and "results" ranking. Each
of
these columns only has 5 possible answers that can be put in. On
another page
I have a 5x5 grid with Capabilities Ranking on the Vertical Axis and
Results
on the Horiz. My macro loops through the data sheet and the places
each
person's name in the appropriate cell on the grid.

The code places the people one on top of another and re-sizes the cell
so
that you can see everyone's name. SO, one cell in the grid may look
like
this....

John
Sally
Sue
Bob

Here are the problems:

1. There is another column of data that I have added to my array that
holds
the employee's "develop on date". If this date is less than a a year
away, I
want their name to be bold on the grid. The obvious problem here is
bolding
one person's name and not the entire cell.

2. If more than 30 people have the same ranking, the re-sizer will try
to
re-size the row greater than 490.5 (not allowed by excel) and it will
crash.
I think this is a tougher question than the first. How in the world
can I
prevent this. Is there anyway to say if there are more than 29 people
who fit
this description, double stack them, ie.
Bob Sally
John David
Stuart Bob

I really don't know, I have no clue as to how I am supposed to solve
that
problem.


THANK YYOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!!!!!