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From: Dave Peterson on 20 Apr 2010 15:48 I still don't know a way around it. But this happens when using other numberformats, too. I've used a custom format of: mmmm dd, yyyy|dddd (where | is the newline character--I use ctrl-j to enter it). As soon as I shrink the columnwidth so that the text won't fit in the cell (when measured if it were not wrapping), the cell displays ###'s. I can fix the problem I see using this, but it doesn't look like it works for your situation. I can Format the cell Rightclick|Format Cells|Alignment tab Uncheck wrap text, check shrink to fit, and then recheck wrap text. (and then adjust the rowheight manually) When I tried the layout you want, the trailing dots were lost (shrink to fit seems to cause the loss of the dots). I don't have a suggestion for a workaround for you. pmetnc wrote: > > It happens on a brand-new, blank worksheet, with the text abcdefghij. > > Try this: > -open a blank sheet > -type in abcdefghij in A1 (or basically any text that's wider than the > current cell width) > -turn Wrap Text on > -format the cell with the @*. custom format > -see ######## > > "Dave Peterson" wrote: > > > I'm saying that if you format a cell as text and have a string that's between > > 255 and 1024 characters long, you'll see ####'s. > > > > How long is the text in that cell? In fact, what's the string in the cell that > > causes the problem? > > > > How wide is the column? Where do the line breaks occur? Are they natural line > > breaks or did you use alt-enters to force new lines? > > > > > > > > pmetnc wrote: > > > > > > "Dave Peterson" wrote: > > > > > > > I'm sure that there's a link on the microsoft.com somewhere. > > > > > > > > But MS has known about the length of the string and the cell formatted as text > > > > causing the ###'s to appear since xl97. > > > > > > > > pmetnc wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Where does one go to report a bug in Excel? > > > > > > > > > > ps. It has to be done in Excel. > > > > > > > > > > "Dave Peterson" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >I think you're out of luck. I couldn't do it (well, in xl2003). > > > > > > > > > > >If that string is between 255 and 1024 characters, then I get the ### symbols. > > > > > > > > > > >It's not really the line wrapping that's causing the trouble. > > > > > > > > > > > ps. Have you thought of using a table in MSWord? > > > > > > The strings I'm working with are far less than 255 characters. Are you > > > saying it only happens to you with strings over 255 characters? > > > > -- > > > > Dave Peterson > > . > > -- Dave Peterson
From: Bruce Sinclair on 20 Apr 2010 18:49 In article <73500491-B7D5-46E8-8F39-0C46EE670BD5(a)microsoft.com>, =?Utf-8?B?cG1ldG5j?= <pmetnc(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >It happens on a brand-new, blank worksheet, with the text abcdefghij. > >Try this: >-open a blank sheet >-type in abcdefghij in A1 (or basically any text that's wider than the >current cell width) >-turn Wrap Text on >-format the cell with the @*. custom format >-see ######## I'd suggest that xl can't wrap your text as there is no space in it to break the text up. Basically, if one word is wider than your column, then you are out of luck. The fix ? ... either set the column width a bit larger or change your text. :) HTH
From: Dave Peterson on 20 Apr 2010 20:27 Excel will still wrap text when there are no spaces in the string. Bruce Sinclair wrote: > > In article <73500491-B7D5-46E8-8F39-0C46EE670BD5(a)microsoft.com>, =?Utf-8?B?cG1ldG5j?= <pmetnc(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >It happens on a brand-new, blank worksheet, with the text abcdefghij. > > > >Try this: > >-open a blank sheet > >-type in abcdefghij in A1 (or basically any text that's wider than the > >current cell width) > >-turn Wrap Text on > >-format the cell with the @*. custom format > >-see ######## > > I'd suggest that xl can't wrap your text as there is no space in it to break > the text up. Basically, if one word is wider than your column, then you are > out of luck. The fix ? ... either set the column width a bit larger or > change your text. :) > > HTH -- Dave Peterson
From: pmetnc on 21 Apr 2010 10:35 abcdef<space>ghij doesn't work either. Try it for yourself. The steps are below. "Bruce Sinclair" wrote: > In article <73500491-B7D5-46E8-8F39-0C46EE670BD5(a)microsoft.com>, =?Utf-8?B?cG1ldG5j?= <pmetnc(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >It happens on a brand-new, blank worksheet, with the text abcdefghij. > > > >Try this: > >-open a blank sheet > >-type in abcdefghij in A1 (or basically any text that's wider than the > >current cell width) > >-turn Wrap Text on > >-format the cell with the @*. custom format > >-see ######## > > I'd suggest that xl can't wrap your text as there is no space in it to break > the text up. Basically, if one word is wider than your column, then you are > out of luck. The fix ? ... either set the column width a bit larger or > change your text. :) > > HTH > > . >
From: pmetnc on 21 Apr 2010 10:37
I was afraid of that. I was hoping I had missed something. I'd have to say it's a bug in Excel. I'll see if I can find somewhere to report it and hope that it eventually gets fixed. "Dave Peterson" wrote: > I still don't know a way around it. But this happens when using other > numberformats, too. > > I've used a custom format of: > mmmm dd, yyyy|dddd > (where | is the newline character--I use ctrl-j to enter it). > > As soon as I shrink the columnwidth so that the text won't fit in the cell (when > measured if it were not wrapping), the cell displays ###'s. > > I can fix the problem I see using this, but it doesn't look like it works for > your situation. > > I can Format the cell > Rightclick|Format Cells|Alignment tab > Uncheck wrap text, check shrink to fit, and then recheck wrap text. > (and then adjust the rowheight manually) > > When I tried the layout you want, the trailing dots were lost (shrink to fit > seems to cause the loss of the dots). > > I don't have a suggestion for a workaround for you. > > pmetnc wrote: > > > > It happens on a brand-new, blank worksheet, with the text abcdefghij. > > > > Try this: > > -open a blank sheet > > -type in abcdefghij in A1 (or basically any text that's wider than the > > current cell width) > > -turn Wrap Text on > > -format the cell with the @*. custom format > > -see ######## > > > > "Dave Peterson" wrote: > > > > > I'm saying that if you format a cell as text and have a string that's between > > > 255 and 1024 characters long, you'll see ####'s. > > > > > > How long is the text in that cell? In fact, what's the string in the cell that > > > causes the problem? > > > > > > How wide is the column? Where do the line breaks occur? Are they natural line > > > breaks or did you use alt-enters to force new lines? > > > > > > > > > > > > pmetnc wrote: > > > > > > > > "Dave Peterson" wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm sure that there's a link on the microsoft.com somewhere. > > > > > > > > > > But MS has known about the length of the string and the cell formatted as text > > > > > causing the ###'s to appear since xl97. > > > > > > > > > > pmetnc wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Where does one go to report a bug in Excel? > > > > > > > > > > > > ps. It has to be done in Excel. > > > > > > > > > > > > "Dave Peterson" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > >I think you're out of luck. I couldn't do it (well, in xl2003). > > > > > > > > > > > > >If that string is between 255 and 1024 characters, then I get the ### symbols. > > > > > > > > > > > > >It's not really the line wrapping that's causing the trouble. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ps. Have you thought of using a table in MSWord? > > > > > > > > The strings I'm working with are far less than 255 characters. Are you > > > > saying it only happens to you with strings over 255 characters? > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Dave Peterson > > > . > > > > > -- > > Dave Peterson |