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Easy reading of large text cells

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    Easy reading of large text cells

    Hi Everybody,
    I'm looking for a way to easily read large text of a cell, besides reading it from the formula bar on top.
    Also the options of wrap text and shrink to fit wouldn't work here.

    Is there any way that I could format the cell so that when I select it the text will "pop out" on a small screen (similarly to comments or warnings)?

    Any ideas?

    Thanks alot,
    Michal

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    A simple way I could think of(without creating a user form) is:
    1. Assign an empty cell in your worksheet and format it with a large font.
    2. Switch to visual basic editor.
    3. Click on the name of your sheet in project explorer at your left.
    4. On the right pane select "Worksheet" from the left drop down and select "SelectionChange" from the right drop down.
    5. Now you are in the Worksheet_SelectionChange event.
    6. Copy this code between "Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange" and "End Sub".
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    Change the "A1" with the address of the cell where you want to see large text.

    Now whenever you click on a cell its value will appear on "A1", or whatever address you have chosen, with a large font.

    I hope this will satisfy your need.
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    without macros?...

    Actually this is exactly what I need.

    The thing is that I would really like to avoid macros if possible.
    Is there any build in function that does the same?

    This document is shared between some pepole (and computers...), and macros really bug as it comes to security...

    Thanks!
    Michal

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