Auto adjust rows to size of contents

I have seen spreadsheets set up where as more information is entered into a
cell the rows expand to be able to show all contents. Unlike standard
wrapping, where any text greater than the size of the cell disappears out the
bottom.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Format>Rows>Autofit.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 17:26:01 -0700, Howjos <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I have seen spreadsheets set up where as more information is entered into a
>cell the rows expand to be able to show all contents. Unlike standard
>wrapping, where any text greater than the size of the cell disappears out the
>bottom.
>
>Can anyone tell me how to do this?

I have done this, but it always take the row back down to one line only. i am
trying to enter up to ten lines of text in the cell.

Is there something besides the autofit that needs to be turned on?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

> Format>Rows>Autofit.
>
>
> Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
>
> On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 17:26:01 -0700, Howjos <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I have seen spreadsheets set up where as more information is entered into a
> >cell the rows expand to be able to show all contents. Unlike standard
> >wrapping, where any text greater than the size of the cell disappears out the
> >bottom.
> >
> >Can anyone tell me how to do this?
>
>

When you first format a cell to wrap text,
<Format> <Cells> <Alignment> tab,
And click on "Wrap Text",
"Auto Fit" is automatically enabled.

However, once you touch (change, modify) the height of the row manually,
intentionally or accidentally, "Auto Fit" is *automatically disabled*.

You must now reset it to work automatically by,
<Format. <Row> <AutoFit>.

--
HTH,

RD

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> I have seen spreadsheets set up where as more information is entered into
a
> cell the rows expand to be able to show all contents. Unlike standard
> wrapping, where any text greater than the size of the cell disappears out
the
> bottom.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to do this?

One a slightly different note.... This does not seem to work when dealing
with merged cells. The "wrap" command without touching the line worked
perfectly on one cell, but when I merged several cells together, th row
height no longer does self-adjusts. Is this the nature of the beast, or
something I'm doing?

Thanks,
Stilla

"Ragdyer" wrote:

> When you first format a cell to wrap text,
> <Format> <Cells> <Alignment> tab,
> And click on "Wrap Text",
> "Auto Fit" is automatically enabled.
>
> However, once you touch (change, modify) the height of the row manually,
> intentionally or accidentally, "Auto Fit" is *automatically disabled*.
>
> You must now reset it to work automatically by,
> <Format. <Row> <AutoFit>.
>
> --
> HTH,
>
> RD
>
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> "Howjos" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I have seen spreadsheets set up where as more information is entered into
> a
> > cell the rows expand to be able to show all contents. Unlike standard
> > wrapping, where any text greater than the size of the cell disappears out
> the
> > bottom.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to do this?
>
>

Stilla

Would be nice if you stuck to one thread.

Autofit does not work with merged cells.

One more reason not to use that feature.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 08:08:01 -0700, Stilla <[email protected]>
wrote:

>One a slightly different note.... This does not seem to work when dealing
>with merged cells. The "wrap" command without touching the line worked
>perfectly on one cell, but when I merged several cells together, th row
>height no longer does self-adjusts. Is this the nature of the beast, or
>something I'm doing?
>
>Thanks,
>Stilla
>
>"Ragdyer" wrote:
>
>> When you first format a cell to wrap text,
>> <Format> <Cells> <Alignment> tab,
>> And click on "Wrap Text",
>> "Auto Fit" is automatically enabled.
>>
>> However, once you touch (change, modify) the height of the row manually,
>> intentionally or accidentally, "Auto Fit" is *automatically disabled*.
>>
>> You must now reset it to work automatically by,
>> <Format. <Row> <AutoFit>.
>>
>> --
>> HTH,
>>
>> RD
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit !
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "Howjos" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > I have seen spreadsheets set up where as more information is entered into
>> a
>> > cell the rows expand to be able to show all contents. Unlike standard
>> > wrapping, where any text greater than the size of the cell disappears out
>> the
>> > bottom.
>> >
>> > Can anyone tell me how to do this?
>>
>>