Paste wont wrap text

[Ken Weingart]

I was surprised that when I pasted in some text it would not stay in the
same cell, but bled right through to the rows on the right, even though wrap
text is checked.

Thanks
Kevs
OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

I copied some text to the MacOS clipboard from Word, then switched to Excel
2004 and used Edit > Paste to paste the text into a cell that was formatted
to wrap text.

After pasting a widget appears. If I choose to keep the source formatting
the text does not wrap. If I choose to use keep the formatting of the
workbook the text wraps. This is as I would expect it to be.

Are you seeing something different?

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

I was surprised that when I pasted in some text it would not stay in the
same cell, but bled right through to the rows on the right, even though wrap
text is checked.

Thanks
Kevs
OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[Ken Weingart]

Hi,

I copied some text to the MacOS clipboard from Word, then switched to Excel
2004 and used Edit > Paste to paste the text into a cell that was formatted
to wrap text.

After pasting a widget appears. If I choose to keep the source formatting
the text does not wrap. If I choose to use keep the formatting of the
workbook the text wraps. This is as I would expect it to be.

Are you seeing something different?

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

Thanks Jim:
I just did that test, and that does not happen with me. The text just bleeds
right through to columns b,c,d etc, no widget comes up, don't know what
widget is.


OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I just did that test, and that does not happen with me. The text just bleeds
right through to columns b,c,d etc, no widget comes up, don't know what
widget is.

He's talking about the smart button - Preferences/Edit/Show Paste
Options buttons

 

[Ken Weingart]

He's talking about the smart button - Preferences/Edit/Show Paste
Options buttons

AH, JE, just happened again today. Does it have anything to do with fact I'm
pasting text from Word?

Side note: why when search my name, Kevs, this thread does not come up?
Nothing paste March 7.


OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[JE McGimpsey]

He's talking about the smart button - Preferences/Edit/Show Paste
Options buttons

AH, JE, just happened again today. Does it have anything to do with fact I'm
pasting text from Word?[/QUOTE]

It should happen whenever the clipboard contains more than one type of
information that can be pasted - e.g., plain text and formatted text, as
Word does.

Side note: why when search my name, Kevs, this thread does not come up?
Nothing paste March 7.

In this thread, at least, you've been posting with the name Ken Weingart.