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Cell B2 contains a narrarrtive - say 5000 characters. The cell will only
display 1024 characters. I would like to display the first 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B3. The next 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B4 and so on into B5 etc. This has me stumped. How would this be done and if so can row height be adjusted by formula? Thank you, -- Martin |
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If you add some alt-enters (every 80-100 characters), you'll be able to see more
than 1000 characters. Martin wrote: Cell B2 contains a narrarrtive - say 5000 characters. The cell will only display 1024 characters. I would like to display the first 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B3. The next 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B4 and so on into B5 etc. This has me stumped. How would this be done and if so can row height be adjusted by formula? Thank you, -- Martin -- Dave Peterson |
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Don't know the actual maximum that can be displayed, but inserting
appropriately placed forced line breaks ( <Alt <Enter ) can display in *excess* of 5000 characters. -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Martin" wrote in message ... Cell B2 contains a narrarrtive - say 5000 characters. The cell will only display 1024 characters. I would like to display the first 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B3. The next 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B4 and so on into B5 etc. This has me stumped. How would this be done and if so can row height be adjusted by formula? Thank you, -- Martin |
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Can the alt enter linebreaks be inserted by formula - say after every period,
or do they have to be manually inserted. If they have to be manually inserted is there another solution? -- Martin "RagDyeR" wrote: Don't know the actual maximum that can be displayed, but inserting appropriately placed forced line breaks ( <Alt <Enter ) can display in *excess* of 5000 characters. -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Martin" wrote in message ... Cell B2 contains a narrarrtive - say 5000 characters. The cell will only display 1024 characters. I would like to display the first 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B3. The next 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B4 and so on into B5 etc. This has me stumped. How would this be done and if so can row height be adjusted by formula? Thank you, -- Martin |
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Yes they can.
To enter the text as a formula, with the forced line breaks: ="This is line one."&CHAR(10)&"This is line two."&CHAR(10)&"This is line three." The above displays in the formula bar. In the cell, you'll see small squares in place of the "Char(10)". This is line one.This is line two.This is line three. Now, you must format the cell to LineWrap in order for the text to display properly. <Format <Cells <Alignment tab, and check "LineWrap". -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Martin" wrote in message ... Can the alt enter linebreaks be inserted by formula - say after every period, or do they have to be manually inserted. If they have to be manually inserted is there another solution? -- Martin "RagDyeR" wrote: Don't know the actual maximum that can be displayed, but inserting appropriately placed forced line breaks ( <Alt <Enter ) can display in *excess* of 5000 characters. -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Martin" wrote in message ... Cell B2 contains a narrarrtive - say 5000 characters. The cell will only display 1024 characters. I would like to display the first 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B3. The next 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B4 and so on into B5 etc. This has me stumped. How would this be done and if so can row height be adjusted by formula? Thank you, -- Martin |
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Appreciare the input - but i dont think its going to work for me. There is a
workpage in a workbook that contains a narrative. A copy of the workbook and corresponding narrative is filled out for each customer and then printed out by different individuals. Alt Enter requires a lot of editing. Can I enter the narrative in say cell B2 and cut it up with formulas at the end of stings of about 800 characters ending in a period. Say the string is 2400 characters long - Conditional formatting will display the font in cell B2 as white. Cell b3 has first 800 or so chars cell b4 has next 800 or so chars and cell b5 has balance of text Martin "RagDyeR" wrote: Yes they can. To enter the text as a formula, with the forced line breaks: ="This is line one."&CHAR(10)&"This is line two."&CHAR(10)&"This is line three." The above displays in the formula bar. In the cell, you'll see small squares in place of the "Char(10)". This is line one.This is line two.This is line three. Now, you must format the cell to LineWrap in order for the text to display properly. <Format <Cells <Alignment tab, and check "LineWrap". -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Martin" wrote in message ... Can the alt enter linebreaks be inserted by formula - say after every period, or do they have to be manually inserted. If they have to be manually inserted is there another solution? -- Martin "RagDyeR" wrote: Don't know the actual maximum that can be displayed, but inserting appropriately placed forced line breaks ( <Alt <Enter ) can display in *excess* of 5000 characters. -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Martin" wrote in message ... Cell B2 contains a narrarrtive - say 5000 characters. The cell will only display 1024 characters. I would like to display the first 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B3. The next 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B4 and so on into B5 etc. This has me stumped. How would this be done and if so can row height be adjusted by formula? Thank you, -- Martin |
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I'm sorry, but I'm having trouble picturing your situation.
I can't fathom any "big" problem in entering, say 10 <Alt <Enter's. Doesn't this only have to be done once, and thereafter just copied? -- Regards, RD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- "Martin" wrote in message ... Appreciare the input - but i dont think its going to work for me. There is a workpage in a workbook that contains a narrative. A copy of the workbook and corresponding narrative is filled out for each customer and then printed out by different individuals. Alt Enter requires a lot of editing. Can I enter the narrative in say cell B2 and cut it up with formulas at the end of stings of about 800 characters ending in a period. Say the string is 2400 characters long - Conditional formatting will display the font in cell B2 as white. Cell b3 has first 800 or so chars cell b4 has next 800 or so chars and cell b5 has balance of text Martin "RagDyeR" wrote: Yes they can. To enter the text as a formula, with the forced line breaks: ="This is line one."&CHAR(10)&"This is line two."&CHAR(10)&"This is line three." The above displays in the formula bar. In the cell, you'll see small squares in place of the "Char(10)". This is line one.This is line two.This is line three. Now, you must format the cell to LineWrap in order for the text to display properly. <Format <Cells <Alignment tab, and check "LineWrap". -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Martin" wrote in message ... Can the alt enter linebreaks be inserted by formula - say after every period, or do they have to be manually inserted. If they have to be manually inserted is there another solution? -- Martin "RagDyeR" wrote: Don't know the actual maximum that can be displayed, but inserting appropriately placed forced line breaks ( <Alt <Enter ) can display in *excess* of 5000 characters. -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Martin" wrote in message ... Cell B2 contains a narrarrtive - say 5000 characters. The cell will only display 1024 characters. I would like to display the first 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B3. The next 800 or so characters, ending with a period, in cell B4 and so on into B5 etc. This has me stumped. How would this be done and if so can row height be adjusted by formula? Thank you, -- Martin |
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