Microsoft KB Archive/171722

= XL97: Changing Alignment and Indent Causes Text to Disappear =

Article ID: 171722

Article Last Modified on 10/19/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q171722



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 97.

