Expand Cell When Selected

jaronson

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I have a spreadsheet where one column has an excess of text for each row entry, but I don't want to use text wrap. I'd like to keep the row height consistent throughout the document, limited to one line of text.

Is there a quick/easy way to reveal the excess text that doesn't fit in a cell? Can it be done in a paragraph format with returns, as opposed to a single long horizontal line of text? All this, and when not selected, return to a single height row?
 

Excel Facts

Which lookup functions find a value equal or greater than the lookup value?
MATCH uses -1 to find larger value (lookup table must be sorted ZA). XLOOKUP uses 1 to find values greater and does not need to be sorted.
You can use Alt+Enter to put a carriage return in a cell but even so you are limited to either expanding the cell height/width or pressing F2 to edit the cell and therefore show the whole contents.

Dom
 
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