how to make cells automatically format to entered text size?

[Frank Bahrenhorst]

hello,

i am new to excel and i would like to have it resize the cells automatically
to the size of the text i entered. i know if i click on a cell and do format -
line break it does it for one cell. but how can i have excel do this
automatically for every cell in every workbook?

thanks


Frank Barenhorst
email: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Gord Dibben]

Frank

Hit CRTL + A to select all cells.

Format>Alignment>Wrap Text.

To make this the default for all new workbooks and sheets....

Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish. File>Save As Type: scroll down
to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes).
Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT.

Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

This will be the default workbook for File>New>Workbook.

You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as
you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes
the default Insert>Sheet.

More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes).

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

 

[Frank Barenhorst]

Hello Gord,

thank you very much, it works great!

thanks


Frank Barenhorst
email: (e-mail address removed)