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    Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    Re-hello,

    I think this is an easy one. At least I hope so.

    When I go to the text box in this very forum to compose a part of a thread, the text box -- maybe only after I click Advanced or something -- fails to wrap words at the right edge of my screen (and the text turns into Courier New or something), which makes composition of a post laborious and prone to mistakes.

    What solutions are there? Thanks.

    Also, now that I have your attention, may I ask what the best way is to upload a workbook for use by an expert on this forum? Does this forum's software allow the expert and me to make changes to the same workbook or is that done outside the forum? If outside, what's the best way? For that matter, if inside what's the best way?

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    I don't know about the first part of your query - it's never happened to me.

    For the second part, it is always preferable to attach a sample Excel workbook (rather than a picture of one, which can't be edited).

    To do this, click on Go Advanced (below the Edit Window) while you are composing a reply, then scroll down to and click on Manage Attachments and the Upload window will open. Click on Browse and navigate to (and double-click) the file icon that you want to attach, then click on Upload and then on Close this Window to return to the Edit window. When you have finished composing your post, click on Submit Post. Don't try to use the Paperclip icon (or Attachments button), as this does not work on this forum (hasn't worked for about 3 years).

    A contributor can then download your file and work on it, and will often re-attach it in its amended form in a reply to you.

    Hope this helps.

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    Whilst we're dealing with generic issues, John, would you please update the location field in your user profile to tell us broadly where you are (e.g. UK, Australia, Europe, etc.). It doesn't need to be too specific, but members do need to know as it will affect the nature of some solutions offered because of locale differences. "Earth" is not helpful. Thanks!
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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    January 22, 2019

    AliGW,

    I have changed Earth to North America. Also, being a Forum Moderator, do you know the answer to my question above? It is as follows:

    I think this is an easy one. At least I hope so.

    When I go to the text box in this very forum to compose a part of a thread, the text box -- maybe only after I click Advanced or something -- fails to wrap words at the right edge of my screen (and the text turns into Courier New or something), which makes composition of a post laborious and prone to mistakes.

    What solutions are there? Thanks.

    UPDATE. It happened again, after I performed the following steps:

    1. Click Reply to Thread, and observe the cursor in the text box where I composed this message up to the word "Thanks."

    2. Click Go to Advanced.

    3. Observe that the new text box, titled "Your Message" at the top, no longer wraps words at the right side but rather continues to flow past that right edge.

    This is really irritating.

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    I also have not seen the text issue you refer to. Next time it happens, could you maybe get a screen shot for us?
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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    I have seen it, but only when I give infractions. In other dialog boxes, I get the word wrap as expected. This could be a browser issue, though - which browser are you using? Or does this happen for you in all browsers? Are you working at a desktop PC or on a tablet?

    You do not need to Go Advanced to respond to posts - all the edit facilities you will need are there in the quick reply box. I only Go Advanced when I attach workbooks.

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    FDibbins, let me try it now. This will be one really long paragraph just to see whether I can get the word wrap to fail and to see whether the font changes to Courier New or perhaps Antidisestablishmentarianism Sans Serif Bold or maybe Banker's Gothic Light Italic All Caps. Then I will take a screen shot or two and try to figure out how to make it visible to you, Mr. Dibbins of Duncanvilles, Pannsylvanie, and poster of an astonishing 45,900 posts to this forum since 12/29/2011.

    This is the second 'graph. It is much shorter.ScreenShotExcelForum01.jpg

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    I have this issue too.

    While typing a normal sentence like this, once it becomes to long normally it will wrap to the next line at the end of the screen, but since about 2 weeks this text wrap to next line does not happen when you are in the advanced text editor mode. Even with this message. If I type in the quick reply box then it looks normal and by now I see 2 lines of text, but if I switch to advanced mode then all of the sudden all this text is on 1 line as I have not used a Carrage return / Enter.


    It makes writing a message a bit more difficult as you cannot read back easy while typing.

    The preview is presented normal and also after posting the messages are properly formatted.

    see 2 attachements for the effect

    I'm working on a Windows 10 machine, with auto updates
    and my browser is Mozilla Firefox Quantum build 64.0.2

    Edit:
    Also did a test on my same machine in Chrome browser 71.0.3578.98 (Official build)
    and encountered the same issue
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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    I can replicate the same issue in the Advanced Editor.

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    AliGW, I don't understand the part about your giving infractions. As to the Quick Reply, the way I can get the Preview Post button to appear is to first click the Go Advanced button.

    And as you can probably see by now, member Roel Jongman has encountered the same problem.

    I use Google Chrome, and this is the only place I've ever visited where word wrap fails. I'm using a Dell XPS 13 laptop running Windows 10.

    I'm going to click Post Quick Reply now, which means I don't know how to preview this message.

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    As a moderator, I occasionally have to serve an infraction - when I do, the dialog box (text entry box) behaves in the manner you are describing.

    You don't need to preview messages unless you are doing something fancy with the editing tools! It should not make your workflow problematic at all.

    Whilst we can report this problem to the tech team, the likelihood is that it won't be addressed, so finding suitable workarounds is probably going to have to be your way forward.

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    AliGW, it seems to me that the software should work right if I choose to click the Go Advanced button. If you have no solution other than that I shouldn't use Go Advanced, please pass on the details of the problem to someone who can fix it. Perhaps the Go Advanced button should be deleted altogether?

    As you might have seen above, I took a screen shot and tried to upload it to the forum, as Administrator FDibbins asked, and to see what that upload looked like I wanted to use the Preview Post button, which I think appears only after I click the Go Advanced button. As a newbie to the various protocols and methods of this forum, I want to be able to use the Preview Post screen so as to make sure what I've posted looks right.

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    Please understand that I am not trying to be unhelpful - quite the opposite. The reality is that the other moderators and administrators and I cannot actually do anything about the issue you are reporting. We can (and of course will) report it to the tech team. However, and here's the crucial bit, the tech team rarely respond quickly to our requests, and more often than not, do not respond at all. This means that we are effectively impotent, and all we can do is (a) sympathise with you, (b) offer workarounds and (c) pass it on to the tech team in the hope that they will act.

    The reality is, therefore, that you are most likely going to have to continue to live with it. I don't like this any more than you do, but it is what it is. I hope you can now see where I am coming from.

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    Although Ali does not mention it explicitly, she probably has in mind the problem with the Paperclip icon not working, as I mentioned in my first post. This has been broken for 3 years (or more) and has been referred to the Tech Team on many occasions, but it still has not been fixed. This is very frustrating to many members, especially new members who may not be aware of it and who consequently cannot attach files unless given the work-around.

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    Re: Inquiry about Excel Forum itself--word wrap

    Yes, Pete, thanks - that was one of the bugbears I had in mind, but there are others. That one, though, is particularly irksome, and as you rightly state, we have been trying to get it fixed for what seems like forever.

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