Microsoft KB Archive/168434

= XL97: Text Is Truncated to 255 Characters After You Use Justify Command =

Article ID: 168434

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q168434





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 97, when you use the Justify command to redistribute text to fill a selected range of cells, the text string may be truncated to 255 or fewer characters.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
To use the Justify command to redistribute text to a selected range of cells, follow these steps:


 * 1) Select the range of cells that includes the cell with the text string and the blank cells to which you want to justify the text.

For example, if cell A1 contains the text string and you want to justify the text over cells A1 to A10, select the range A1:A10.
 * 1) On the Edit menu, point to Fill, and then click Justify.

