Hi

I have a custom format that adds text to a date in a cell:

dd-mmm " incl CFO faxed sign-off"

My problem is that the text will not wrap in the cell. Is there some way to
force a new line in the format, or to otherwise make it wrap in the cell?

Thanks

When entering the format, touch CNTRL-j just before the double quote. This
will insert a hard return in the forrmat.

You STILL nedd to format the cell as wrap and insure it is "big enough"
--
Gary''s Student - gsnu200760


"Liz" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a custom format that adds text to a date in a cell:
>
> dd-mmm " incl CFO faxed sign-off"
>
> My problem is that the text will not wrap in the cell. Is there some way to
> force a new line in the format, or to otherwise make it wrap in the cell?
>
> Thanks

"Liz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C2FBB4A7-F97D-42DF-B594-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I have a custom format that adds text to a date in a cell:
>
> dd-mmm " incl CFO faxed sign-off"
>
> My problem is that the text will not wrap in the cell. Is there some way
> to
> force a new line in the format, or to otherwise make it wrap in the cell?
>
> Thanks

Do you have to do this with a custom format? If you use a formula to
concatenate your date (in a defined format) and text, it will wrap. For
example:
=TEXT(A1,"dd-mmm")&" incl CFO faxed sign-off"

Thanks so much, that works perfectly.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

> When entering the format, touch CNTRL-j just before the double quote. This
> will insert a hard return in the forrmat.
>
> You STILL nedd to format the cell as wrap and insure it is "big enough"
> --
> Gary''s Student - gsnu200760
>
>
> "Liz" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a custom format that adds text to a date in a cell:
> >
> > dd-mmm " incl CFO faxed sign-off"
> >
> > My problem is that the text will not wrap in the cell. Is there some way to
> > force a new line in the format, or to otherwise make it wrap in the cell?
> >
> > Thanks

Thanks Stephen.

I could have put anther column in, but that means 1 more column for each
column of dates, and then they would have to be hidden etc. It would have
been easier just to type the date in. This way, I ( and other users who may
not know to unhide / hide the columns) just need to type the date in the
cells with this format.

"Stephen" wrote:

> "Liz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C2FBB4A7-F97D-42DF-B594-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a custom format that adds text to a date in a cell:
> >
> > dd-mmm " incl CFO faxed sign-off"
> >
> > My problem is that the text will not wrap in the cell. Is there some way
> > to
> > force a new line in the format, or to otherwise make it wrap in the cell?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Do you have to do this with a custom format? If you use a formula to
> concatenate your date (in a defined format) and text, it will wrap. For
> example:
> =TEXT(A1,"dd-mmm")&" incl CFO faxed sign-off"
>
>
>