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Regarding a worksheet with columns A-E; Columns A-D are for name, company,
status, phone #; column E is for notes, some of which are lengthy. I understand that the autofit height, wrap text formatted cells allow for 32767 characters, and display only 1000. My problem is that all of a sudden in one of the E column cells, I entered notes, which all showed up as I was typing; but, when I progressed to the next row, first cell, the cell I just left appeared as "###############etc." What is with this? Also is there a way to format the notes column to extend beyond the 32767/1000 character restriction --- or --- should I be using another softwear program? Thanks, cp |
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With those large "notes", you might consider just a hyperlink in your
database to the notes written elsewhere rather than trying to enter them all in one cell. Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "cp" wrote: Regarding a worksheet with columns A-E; Columns A-D are for name, company, status, phone #; column E is for notes, some of which are lengthy. I understand that the autofit height, wrap text formatted cells allow for 32767 characters, and display only 1000. My problem is that all of a sudden in one of the E column cells, I entered notes, which all showed up as I was typing; but, when I progressed to the next row, first cell, the cell I just left appeared as "###############etc." What is with this? Also is there a way to format the notes column to extend beyond the 32767/1000 character restriction --- or --- should I be using another softwear program? Thanks, cp |
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Try formatting the cell as General.
Then add alt-enters (to force new lines within the cell) every 80-100 characters. You'll see way more than what's documented in help. cp wrote: Regarding a worksheet with columns A-E; Columns A-D are for name, company, status, phone #; column E is for notes, some of which are lengthy. I understand that the autofit height, wrap text formatted cells allow for 32767 characters, and display only 1000. My problem is that all of a sudden in one of the E column cells, I entered notes, which all showed up as I was typing; but, when I progressed to the next row, first cell, the cell I just left appeared as "###############etc." What is with this? Also is there a way to format the notes column to extend beyond the 32767/1000 character restriction --- or --- should I be using another softwear program? Thanks, cp -- Dave Peterson |
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This spreadsheet is formatted to present updated information to our clients,
so would the hyperlink work. In other words, the spreadsheet IS our only place for these notes, so that we do not have to double our work. Do you know of a better program for us to consider? "CLR" wrote: With those large "notes", you might consider just a hyperlink in your database to the notes written elsewhere rather than trying to enter them all in one cell. Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "cp" wrote: Regarding a worksheet with columns A-E; Columns A-D are for name, company, status, phone #; column E is for notes, some of which are lengthy. I understand that the autofit height, wrap text formatted cells allow for 32767 characters, and display only 1000. My problem is that all of a sudden in one of the E column cells, I entered notes, which all showed up as I was typing; but, when I progressed to the next row, first cell, the cell I just left appeared as "###############etc." What is with this? Also is there a way to format the notes column to extend beyond the 32767/1000 character restriction --- or --- should I be using another softwear program? Thanks, cp |
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Thank you. Unfortunately, we do not want to spend the time to limp around
the problem. Do you know of another sorting spreadsheet type program that would allow for notes exceeding 1000 characters? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Try formatting the cell as General. Then add alt-enters (to force new lines within the cell) every 80-100 characters. You'll see way more than what's documented in help. cp wrote: Regarding a worksheet with columns A-E; Columns A-D are for name, company, status, phone #; column E is for notes, some of which are lengthy. I understand that the autofit height, wrap text formatted cells allow for 32767 characters, and display only 1000. My problem is that all of a sudden in one of the E column cells, I entered notes, which all showed up as I was typing; but, when I progressed to the next row, first cell, the cell I just left appeared as "###############etc." What is with this? Also is there a way to format the notes column to extend beyond the 32767/1000 character restriction --- or --- should I be using another softwear program? Thanks, cp -- Dave Peterson |
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You could put the large notes on "other" sheets in the same Workbook, which
would still be part of the same file to be transported as usual...............then hyperlink to them........ Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "cp" wrote: This spreadsheet is formatted to present updated information to our clients, so would the hyperlink work. In other words, the spreadsheet IS our only place for these notes, so that we do not have to double our work. Do you know of a better program for us to consider? "CLR" wrote: With those large "notes", you might consider just a hyperlink in your database to the notes written elsewhere rather than trying to enter them all in one cell. Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "cp" wrote: Regarding a worksheet with columns A-E; Columns A-D are for name, company, status, phone #; column E is for notes, some of which are lengthy. I understand that the autofit height, wrap text formatted cells allow for 32767 characters, and display only 1000. My problem is that all of a sudden in one of the E column cells, I entered notes, which all showed up as I was typing; but, when I progressed to the next row, first cell, the cell I just left appeared as "###############etc." What is with this? Also is there a way to format the notes column to extend beyond the 32767/1000 character restriction --- or --- should I be using another softwear program? Thanks, cp |
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