software

I have a spreadsheet where I am entering several small paragraphs of text
into one cell (less than 2000 characters) in a chart, and there are more than
80 cells where I need to enter similar data (3 to 8 paragraphs per cell).

Excel only seems to recognise the first 1000 or so characters (with spaces)
when I copy data into or out of the cell (from word to the cell and from the
cell back to word) so some of my data is getting cut off. Also, when I do the
quot;auto fit heightquot; it also ignores any data after approx 1000 characters, so
my data is not in view. If I re-size it and can see the data, save it, and
re-open it, the data is all cut off again. Why is this? Anyway to fix it
(please say yes!!)

I have tried 3 versions of excel (97, 2000, 2003) and all do the same thing.

Add some alt-enters (to force new lines within the cell) every 80-100
characters. And you'll be able to see more than those 1000 characters or so.

Rachael wrote:
gt;
gt; I have a spreadsheet where I am entering several small paragraphs of text
gt; into one cell (less than 2000 characters) in a chart, and there are more than
gt; 80 cells where I need to enter similar data (3 to 8 paragraphs per cell).
gt;
gt; Excel only seems to recognise the first 1000 or so characters (with spaces)
gt; when I copy data into or out of the cell (from word to the cell and from the
gt; cell back to word) so some of my data is getting cut off. Also, when I do the
gt; quot;auto fit heightquot; it also ignores any data after approx 1000 characters, so
gt; my data is not in view. If I re-size it and can see the data, save it, and
gt; re-open it, the data is all cut off again. Why is this? Anyway to fix it
gt; (please say yes!!)
gt;
gt; I have tried 3 versions of excel (97, 2000, 2003) and all do the same thing.

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Dave Peterson

This is a common problem. The data is actually in the cell ( it will appear
in the formula bar), but is not visible in the cell and will not print.The way to fix it is to insert a manual line break about every 1000
characters in the text. (the manual line break is ALT-enter)
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Gary's Studentquot;Rachaelquot; wrote:

gt; I have a spreadsheet where I am entering several small paragraphs of text
gt; into one cell (less than 2000 characters) in a chart, and there are more than
gt; 80 cells where I need to enter similar data (3 to 8 paragraphs per cell).
gt;
gt; Excel only seems to recognise the first 1000 or so characters (with spaces)
gt; when I copy data into or out of the cell (from word to the cell and from the
gt; cell back to word) so some of my data is getting cut off. Also, when I do the
gt; quot;auto fit heightquot; it also ignores any data after approx 1000 characters, so
gt; my data is not in view. If I re-size it and can see the data, save it, and
gt; re-open it, the data is all cut off again. Why is this? Anyway to fix it
gt; (please say yes!!)
gt;
gt; I have tried 3 versions of excel (97, 2000, 2003) and all do the same thing.

1000???

Gary''s Student wrote:
gt;
gt; This is a common problem. The data is actually in the cell ( it will appear
gt; in the formula bar), but is not visible in the cell and will not print.
gt;
gt; The way to fix it is to insert a manual line break about every 1000
gt; characters in the text. (the manual line break is ALT-enter)
gt; --
gt; Gary's Student
gt;
gt; quot;Rachaelquot; wrote:
gt;
gt; gt; I have a spreadsheet where I am entering several small paragraphs of text
gt; gt; into one cell (less than 2000 characters) in a chart, and there are more than
gt; gt; 80 cells where I need to enter similar data (3 to 8 paragraphs per cell).
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Excel only seems to recognise the first 1000 or so characters (with spaces)
gt; gt; when I copy data into or out of the cell (from word to the cell and from the
gt; gt; cell back to word) so some of my data is getting cut off. Also, when I do the
gt; gt; quot;auto fit heightquot; it also ignores any data after approx 1000 characters, so
gt; gt; my data is not in view. If I re-size it and can see the data, save it, and
gt; gt; re-open it, the data is all cut off again. Why is this? Anyway to fix it
gt; gt; (please say yes!!)
gt; gt;
gt; gt; I have tried 3 versions of excel (97, 2000, 2003) and all do the same thing.

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Dave Peterson

Wait, I just tested something. When I used auto height on the two long ones I
am having problems with, they both default to a height of 180. Is this the
maximum autofit height maybe and that's why?

quot;Dave Petersonquot; wrote:

gt; Add some alt-enters (to force new lines within the cell) every 80-100
gt; characters. And you'll be able to see more than those 1000 characters or so.
gt;
gt; Rachael wrote:
gt; gt;
gt; gt; I have a spreadsheet where I am entering several small paragraphs of text
gt; gt; into one cell (less than 2000 characters) in a chart, and there are more than
gt; gt; 80 cells where I need to enter similar data (3 to 8 paragraphs per cell).
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Excel only seems to recognise the first 1000 or so characters (with spaces)
gt; gt; when I copy data into or out of the cell (from word to the cell and from the
gt; gt; cell back to word) so some of my data is getting cut off. Also, when I do the
gt; gt; quot;auto fit heightquot; it also ignores any data after approx 1000 characters, so
gt; gt; my data is not in view. If I re-size it and can see the data, save it, and
gt; gt; re-open it, the data is all cut off again. Why is this? Anyway to fix it
gt; gt; (please say yes!!)
gt; gt;
gt; gt; I have tried 3 versions of excel (97, 2000, 2003) and all do the same thing.
gt;
gt; --
gt;
gt; Dave Peterson
gt;

I have already done that after each paragraph, which is usually only 1-2
sentences each (some are a little longer, 4 or 5). Due to the nature of the
text, I can't break it up anymore than what it is. Each cell has the text of
a letter (ie cover letter) put into opening paragraph, middle paragraphs, and
ending paragraph. The formating must remain as is, and if I add extra spaces
it will not look professional.

Would adding an Alt-Enter or two at the end of the data help?

quot;Dave Petersonquot; wrote:

gt; Add some alt-enters (to force new lines within the cell) every 80-100
gt; characters. And you'll be able to see more than those 1000 characters or so.
gt;
gt; Rachael wrote:
gt; gt;
gt; gt; I have a spreadsheet where I am entering several small paragraphs of text
gt; gt; into one cell (less than 2000 characters) in a chart, and there are more than
gt; gt; 80 cells where I need to enter similar data (3 to 8 paragraphs per cell).
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Excel only seems to recognise the first 1000 or so characters (with spaces)
gt; gt; when I copy data into or out of the cell (from word to the cell and from the
gt; gt; cell back to word) so some of my data is getting cut off. Also, when I do the
gt; gt; quot;auto fit heightquot; it also ignores any data after approx 1000 characters, so
gt; gt; my data is not in view. If I re-size it and can see the data, save it, and
gt; gt; re-open it, the data is all cut off again. Why is this? Anyway to fix it
gt; gt; (please say yes!!)
gt; gt;
gt; gt; I have tried 3 versions of excel (97, 2000, 2003) and all do the same thing.
gt;
gt; --
gt;
gt; Dave Peterson
gt;

I also spoke with one person who advised that if we merge the cells, they
will hold more data. we tried that, but when we closed and opened the file
again, the cell shrunk again to the auto-fit size and cut off the text.

quot;Dave Petersonquot; wrote:

gt; 1000???
gt;
gt; Gary''s Student wrote:
gt; gt;
gt; gt; This is a common problem. The data is actually in the cell ( it will appear
gt; gt; in the formula bar), but is not visible in the cell and will not print.
gt; gt;
gt; gt; The way to fix it is to insert a manual line break about every 1000
gt; gt; characters in the text. (the manual line break is ALT-enter)
gt; gt; --
gt; gt; Gary's Student
gt; gt;
gt; gt; quot;Rachaelquot; wrote:
gt; gt;
gt; gt; gt; I have a spreadsheet where I am entering several small paragraphs of text
gt; gt; gt; into one cell (less than 2000 characters) in a chart, and there are more than
gt; gt; gt; 80 cells where I need to enter similar data (3 to 8 paragraphs per cell).
gt; gt; gt;
gt; gt; gt; Excel only seems to recognise the first 1000 or so characters (with spaces)
gt; gt; gt; when I copy data into or out of the cell (from word to the cell and from the
gt; gt; gt; cell back to word) so some of my data is getting cut off. Also, when I do the
gt; gt; gt; quot;auto fit heightquot; it also ignores any data after approx 1000 characters, so
gt; gt; gt; my data is not in view. If I re-size it and can see the data, save it, and
gt; gt; gt; re-open it, the data is all cut off again. Why is this? Anyway to fix it
gt; gt; gt; (please say yes!!)
gt; gt; gt;
gt; gt; gt; I have tried 3 versions of excel (97, 2000, 2003) and all do the same thing.
gt;
gt; --
gt;
gt; Dave Peterson
gt;

I just saw this post on one forum:

quot;Vicki - Sadly, Excel has the following limits for cell entries. The Length
of cell contents (text)is 32,767 characters, BUT only 1,024 display in a
cell. All 32,767 display in the formula bar.quot;

Anyone know if there is a way around this? I need it to display more than
1,024 characters. For printing will it print all the characters?

quot;Gary''s Studentquot; wrote:

gt; This is a common problem. The data is actually in the cell ( it will appear
gt; in the formula bar), but is not visible in the cell and will not print.
gt;
gt;
gt; The way to fix it is to insert a manual line break about every 1000
gt; characters in the text. (the manual line break is ALT-enter)
gt; --
gt; Gary's Student
gt;
gt;
gt; quot;Rachaelquot; wrote:
gt;
gt; gt; I have a spreadsheet where I am entering several small paragraphs of text
gt; gt; into one cell (less than 2000 characters) in a chart, and there are more than
gt; gt; 80 cells where I need to enter similar data (3 to 8 paragraphs per cell).
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Excel only seems to recognise the first 1000 or so characters (with spaces)
gt; gt; when I copy data into or out of the cell (from word to the cell and from the
gt; gt; cell back to word) so some of my data is getting cut off. Also, when I do the
gt; gt; quot;auto fit heightquot; it also ignores any data after approx 1000 characters, so
gt; gt; my data is not in view. If I re-size it and can see the data, save it, and
gt; gt; re-open it, the data is all cut off again. Why is this? Anyway to fix it
gt; gt; (please say yes!!)
gt; gt;
gt; gt; I have tried 3 versions of excel (97, 2000, 2003) and all do the same thing.

Alt-enters at the bottom helping? I wouldn't guess so, but what happened when
you tried it?

How about a hyperlink to an MSWord file where things are formatted nicer?

Rachael wrote:
gt;
gt; I have already done that after each paragraph, which is usually only 1-2
gt; sentences each (some are a little longer, 4 or 5). Due to the nature of the
gt; text, I can't break it up anymore than what it is. Each cell has the text of
gt; a letter (ie cover letter) put into opening paragraph, middle paragraphs, and
gt; ending paragraph. The formating must remain as is, and if I add extra spaces
gt; it will not look professional.
gt;
gt; Would adding an Alt-Enter or two at the end of the data help?
gt;
gt; quot;Dave Petersonquot; wrote:
gt;
gt; gt; Add some alt-enters (to force new lines within the cell) every 80-100
gt; gt; characters. And you'll be able to see more than those 1000 characters or so.
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Rachael wrote:
gt; gt; gt;
gt; gt; gt; I have a spreadsheet where I am entering several small paragraphs of text
gt; gt; gt; into one cell (less than 2000 characters) in a chart, and there are more than
gt; gt; gt; 80 cells where I need to enter similar data (3 to 8 paragraphs per cell).
gt; gt; gt;
gt; gt; gt; Excel only seems to recognise the first 1000 or so characters (with spaces)
gt; gt; gt; when I copy data into or out of the cell (from word to the cell and from the
gt; gt; gt; cell back to word) so some of my data is getting cut off. Also, when I do the
gt; gt; gt; quot;auto fit heightquot; it also ignores any data after approx 1000 characters, so
gt; gt; gt; my data is not in view. If I re-size it and can see the data, save it, and
gt; gt; gt; re-open it, the data is all cut off again. Why is this? Anyway to fix it
gt; gt; gt; (please say yes!!)
gt; gt; gt;
gt; gt; gt; I have tried 3 versions of excel (97, 2000, 2003) and all do the same thing.
gt; gt;
gt; gt; --
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Dave Peterson
gt; gt;

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Dave Peterson

I could get a height of about 409 by adjusting the rowheight manually.

Rachael wrote:
gt;
gt; Wait, I just tested something. When I used auto height on the two long ones I
gt; am having problems with, they both default to a height of 180. Is this the
gt; maximum autofit height maybe and that's why?
gt;
gt; quot;Dave Petersonquot; wrote:
gt;
gt; gt; Add some alt-enters (to force new lines within the cell) every 80-100
gt; gt; characters. And you'll be able to see more than those 1000 characters or so.
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Rachael wrote:
gt; gt; gt;
gt; gt; gt; I have a spreadsheet where I am entering several small paragraphs of text
gt; gt; gt; into one cell (less than 2000 characters) in a chart, and there are more than
gt; gt; gt; 80 cells where I need to enter similar data (3 to 8 paragraphs per cell).
gt; gt; gt;
gt; gt; gt; Excel only seems to recognise the first 1000 or so characters (with spaces)
gt; gt; gt; when I copy data into or out of the cell (from word to the cell and from the
gt; gt; gt; cell back to word) so some of my data is getting cut off. Also, when I do the
gt; gt; gt; quot;auto fit heightquot; it also ignores any data after approx 1000 characters, so
gt; gt; gt; my data is not in view. If I re-size it and can see the data, save it, and
gt; gt; gt; re-open it, the data is all cut off again. Why is this? Anyway to fix it
gt; gt; gt; (please say yes!!)
gt; gt; gt;
gt; gt; gt; I have tried 3 versions of excel (97, 2000, 2003) and all do the same thing.
gt; gt;
gt; gt; --
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Dave Peterson
gt; gt;

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Dave Peterson