255 characters in cells

Is it possible to increase the number of characters allowed in cells to over
255. If not is there another way to allow large entries into cells

in excel help, type specifications.
click on workbooks specs. this will tell you all the
limits of your version of excel. (it varies from verison
to version)
in my excel version 2k it says
Column width 255 characters
Length of cell contents (text) 32,767 characters. Only
1,024 display in a cell; all 32,767 display in the formula
bar.

>-----Original Message-----
>Is it possible to increase the number of characters
allowed in cells to over
>255. If not is there another way to allow large entries
into cells
>.
>

Perhaps you're using the wrong application. MS Word's tables might be better, unless you are using the functions/VBA somewhere else.

Stacie

What version of excel are you using?

xl95 had the limit of 255 (or 256???) characters per cell.

xl97 increased it to 32k.

But without help, xl will show only about 1000 characters.

If you want to see more, try peppering alt-enters to force new lines within the
cell.



David Perry wrote:
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> Is it possible to increase the number of characters allowed in cells to over
> 255. If not is there another way to allow large entries into cells

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Dave Peterson