Word Wrap Error?!?

[Guest]

I'm having a problem with word wrap. I have a bunch of text in one cell. The
row is set at Autofit and cell formatted to word wrap, and the text wraps to
fit the column width - but only to a certain point. After a certain point, it
discontinues wrapping. Making the column wider does not help the problem.
Does anybody know what is going on here? Much appreciated.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Jason

Excel Help on "limits" or "specifications" reveals that Excel will allow
32,767 characters to be entered in a cell.

However, it goes on to state that "only 1024 characters will be visible or can
be printed"

To work around this limitation, stick a few ALT + ENTERs in at appropriate
spots, about every 100 characters..

The ALT + ENTER forces a line-feed and expands the 1024 limit.

How far is not really known. Just experiment.

.........From Dave Peterson..........

I put this formula in A1:
="xxx"& REPT(REPT("asdf ",25)&CHAR(10),58)&"yyy"

And adjusted the columnwidth, rowheight and font size and I got about 7300
characters to print ok.

.........End Dave P.................

Failing that, use a Text Box to store the text or MS Word which is a word
processing application, unlike Excel which is not.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP