Episode # 677 - Preventing Spills

Fill blank cells with an apostrophe to prevent adjacent long cells from spilling.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

David from Spain sends in today's question. When you have a long text cell, it will tend to spill and show up in adjacent blank cells. David notes that you can add an apostrophe to the blank cell to prevent this. In episode 672, we take a look at a faster way to solve this problem. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Tags/Keywords for this video: Wrap Text, Blank Cells, GoTo Special Blanks

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