Format cells

All information in a cell should be visible without it spilling out of the cell or being cut off or hidden. The following example shows text which does not fit in the cell and has been cut off and is not visible.

Screenshot of worksheet with text not fitting in the cells

You can change the height and width of both rows and columns and this can help with displaying text but the most common issue is that by default, the text tries to stay all on one line. You can change this is the cell formatting options. Right-click on the cell (or multiple cells) and select format cells. You can access it by keyboard from the Home menu. Go to the Alignment tab and check the Wrap Text box.

Screenshot of the format text pop-up with wrap text circled

Usually, the cells will expand automatically once wrapped text is turned on. This is what it will look like when the text has been wrapped.

Screenshot of the same worksheet but with all the text showing correctly

The following video shows you how to wrap text and change the column width so that cells are formatted correctly.

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