Pound Signs Instead Of Text

[Guest]

I have been using Excel (XP) to make a text chart for some time now. Some
entries are quite lengthy. I've not had a problem until last week when my
lengthy entries started showing up as pound signs (######) instead of text as
soon as I click off of the cell. I tried changing the width of the cell and
shortening my entry to no avail. The cell is formatted as "text" and "wrap to
fit". I know the text can fit because when I'm editing it, it fits. This
chart is due to my professor tomorrow, please help!

 

[RagDyeR]

Format the cell(s) to "General".

There seems to be a quirk (bug), where in a Text formatted cell of more then
approximately 256 characters, you'll get the ###'s.

Stranger yet, if you keep typing, the true text *returns* when the character
count exceeds 1024.

General format should work for the "in-between" character count.
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HTH,

RD
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I have been using Excel (XP) to make a text chart for some time now. Some
entries are quite lengthy. I've not had a problem until last week when my
lengthy entries started showing up as pound signs (######) instead of text
as
soon as I click off of the cell. I tried changing the width of the cell and
shortening my entry to no avail. The cell is formatted as "text" and "wrap
to
fit". I know the text can fit because when I'm editing it, it fits. This
chart is due to my professor tomorrow, please help!