Microsoft KB Archive/149250

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Accounting Format and Wrap Text Display Erroneous Characters

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0c

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel version 5.0c, if you turn the Wrap Text option on in adjacent cells in at least two columns that are formatted with any of the accounting formats, some erroneous characters may be displayed. The characters appear in the second and successive columns, but not in the first.

WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do either of the following:


 * Turn off the Wrap Text option. (To locate the Wrap Text check box, on the Format menu, click Cells, and then click the Alignment tab.)
 * Use a regular number format instead of an accounting number format.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.