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I am using Excel 2000
I have a worksheet which is in effect an index containing a reference number and an address. the addresses were typed in, one cell per address, using ALT+ENTER at the end of each line laying it out like an address label. The cells are formatted a wrapped text. I am now able to make use of a linked spreadsheet from an Access database maintained elsewhere and more importantly always up to date. However, each line of the address is in a different column, 6 in all, and also the managers name, which is a bonus. I can use CONCATENATE to bring all the columns into one column but this produces the managers name and the address as one long line. I tried entering (CHAR(10)) between the column references but this did not work eg =(A1&(CHAR(10))&B1). I did think of using Word but I am not doing a mailmerge and other parts of my main worksheet have some complex calculations which I do not think Word could cope with. QUESTION: Is there a way, which I can enter as a formula, which would bring all the fields together, starting each field on a new line. Thank you in advance for your help Sean Bishop |
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=A1&CHAR(10)&B1&CHAR(10)&C1 with wrap text set on should give you what you want.
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:07:02 -0800, Sean Bishop wrote: I am using Excel 2000 I have a worksheet which is in effect an index containing a reference number and an address. the addresses were typed in, one cell per address, using ALT+ENTER at the end of each line laying it out like an address label. The cells are formatted a wrapped text. I am now able to make use of a linked spreadsheet from an Access database maintained elsewhere and more importantly always up to date. However, each line of the address is in a different column, 6 in all, and also the managers name, which is a bonus. I can use CONCATENATE to bring all the columns into one column but this produces the managers name and the address as one long line. I tried entering (CHAR(10)) between the column references but this did not work eg =(A1&(CHAR(10))&B1). I did think of using Word but I am not doing a mailmerge and other parts of my main worksheet have some complex calculations which I do not think Word could cope with. QUESTION: Is there a way, which I can enter as a formula, which would bring all the fields together, starting each field on a new line. Thank you in advance for your help Sean Bishop |
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Dear Gord,
Thank you for your answer. It worked. I think I was overkeen with the brackets. I had formatted the cells as Text with wrap text and your formula did not work. Reformatting as GENERAL with wrap text it worked perfectly. again, thank you. Sean Bishop "Gord Dibben" wrote: =A1&CHAR(10)&B1&CHAR(10)&C1 with wrap text set on should give you what you want. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:07:02 -0800, Sean Bishop wrote: I am using Excel 2000 I have a worksheet which is in effect an index containing a reference number and an address. the addresses were typed in, one cell per address, using ALT+ENTER at the end of each line laying it out like an address label. The cells are formatted a wrapped text. I am now able to make use of a linked spreadsheet from an Access database maintained elsewhere and more importantly always up to date. However, each line of the address is in a different column, 6 in all, and also the managers name, which is a bonus. I can use CONCATENATE to bring all the columns into one column but this produces the managers name and the address as one long line. I tried entering (CHAR(10)) between the column references but this did not work eg =(A1&(CHAR(10))&B1). I did think of using Word but I am not doing a mailmerge and other parts of my main worksheet have some complex calculations which I do not think Word could cope with. QUESTION: Is there a way, which I can enter as a formula, which would bring all the fields together, starting each field on a new line. Thank you in advance for your help Sean Bishop |
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Thanks for the feedback.
Gord On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:32:01 -0800, Sean Bishop wrote: Dear Gord, Thank you for your answer. It worked. I think I was overkeen with the brackets. I had formatted the cells as Text with wrap text and your formula did not work. Reformatting as GENERAL with wrap text it worked perfectly. again, thank you. Sean Bishop "Gord Dibben" wrote: =A1&CHAR(10)&B1&CHAR(10)&C1 with wrap text set on should give you what you want. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:07:02 -0800, Sean Bishop wrote: I am using Excel 2000 I have a worksheet which is in effect an index containing a reference number and an address. the addresses were typed in, one cell per address, using ALT+ENTER at the end of each line laying it out like an address label. The cells are formatted a wrapped text. I am now able to make use of a linked spreadsheet from an Access database maintained elsewhere and more importantly always up to date. However, each line of the address is in a different column, 6 in all, and also the managers name, which is a bonus. I can use CONCATENATE to bring all the columns into one column but this produces the managers name and the address as one long line. I tried entering (CHAR(10)) between the column references but this did not work eg =(A1&(CHAR(10))&B1). I did think of using Word but I am not doing a mailmerge and other parts of my main worksheet have some complex calculations which I do not think Word could cope with. QUESTION: Is there a way, which I can enter as a formula, which would bring all the fields together, starting each field on a new line. Thank you in advance for your help Sean Bishop Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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