XL98: Changing Alignment and Indent Causes Text to Disappear (178451)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q178451

SYMPTOMS

When you enter data in a cell, you may not be able to see the data in the cell. However, you can see the data in the formula bar.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:

  • You change the horizontal alignment of the cell to left alignment and specify an indent value that is greater than the length of the string that is in the cell. -and-

  • You change the vertical alignment of the cell to justified alignment.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, do not set the indent to a value greater than the number of characters in the cell.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98.

REFERENCES

For more information about aligning text, click the Index button in Microsoft Excel 98 Help, type the following text:

aligning text, cell data

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Center, align, indent, or rotate data in a cell" topic.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/11/2002
Keywords:kbprb KB178451
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