Article ID: 169722
Article Last Modified on 11/23/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q169722
SYMPTOMS
If you rotate text in a cell, the text may not be visible in a worksheet.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs if you specify a small angle rotation (between approximately -5 and 5 degrees, depending on the cell location) and you use cell borders.
When you rotate cell text and you use any cell border, the text is repositioned to fit in the center of an imaginary parallelogram with sides that are rotated at the same angle as the cell text. This may cause the text to appear on top of other cells in the worksheet. When the angle is small enough, the center of the imaginary parallelogram may be so far from the actual cell that the text is positioned off the screen.
RESOLUTION
To rotate cell text at very small angles, do not use any of the cell borders. If you want to use cell borders, increase the angle of rotation (more negative or more positive) so that the slope of the sides of the parallelogram is not as steep. As you increase the angle of the rotated text, it moves closer to the actual cell location.
STATUS
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel.
REFERENCES
For more information about rotated text, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
rotating, text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Center, align, indent, or rotate data in a cell" topic.
Additional query words: XL97
Keywords: kbprb KB169722
