Excel: Wrap Text Option May Affect Custom Number Formats

 Last reviewed: November 3, 1994
Article ID: Q78520
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 3.0
  • Microsoft Excel for OS/2, version 3.0

SUMMARY

Applying a Microsoft Excel custom number format that contains the Skip Width symbol (underscore) and the Text Placeholder symbol (@ character) to a cell, and then applying the Wrap Text option to the same cell, causes the cell to display erroneous characters.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel version 3.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel version 4.0.

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REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide," version 3.0, pages 190-193, 195

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Last reviewed: November 3, 1994
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