How do I get excel to work with text in the following way

youbet7469 · Mar 21st, 2002, 09:54 PM

I want to enter text(sentences and paragraphs) into excel so that each CHARACTER of text has its own cell. Is there a way to do this so that when I type in the text, the cell box would automatically jump to the box to the right after I had entered a character. As of right now I have to hit a character then return, a charcter then return(very inconvenient)... Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your assistance

Greg

Derek · Mar 21st, 2002, 11:44 PM

Hi Greg

You might like to try this:
Type your sentence in A1 then enter this formula in A2 and scroll to the right

=(MID($A$1,COLUMN(),1))

This will split you sentence up into one character (or space) per cell.

Hope this is of some help
regards
Derek

youbet7469 · Mar 22nd, 2002, 09:05 AM

I would like to adjust what you suggested in the following way: I'd like to type the sentence in A1 and then have each character in its own cell to the right of the sentence but in the SAME row instead of the row underneath. Your formula seems to work when I adjust it in this way EXCEPT it misses the very first charcter of each sentence. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

THank you very much for your suggestion

Sincerely
Greg

Dave Hawley · Mar 22nd, 2002, 09:13 AM

I think it's only a missing -1

=MID($A$1,COLUMN()-1,1)

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[ This Message was edited by: Dave Hawley on 2002-03-22 08:14 ]

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Mar 21st, 2002, 09:54 PM	#1
youbet7469 New Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 12	I want to enter text(sentences and paragraphs) into excel so that each CHARACTER of text has its own cell. Is there a way to do this so that when I type in the text, the cell box would automatically jump to the box to the right after I had entered a character. As of right now I have to hit a character then return, a charcter then return(very inconvenient)... Any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you in advance for your assistance Greg

Mar 21st, 2002, 11:44 PM	#2
Derek Board Regular Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Perth Australia Posts: 1,567	Hi Greg You might like to try this: Type your sentence in A1 then enter this formula in A2 and scroll to the right =(MID($A$1,COLUMN(),1)) This will split you sentence up into one character (or space) per cell. Hope this is of some help regards Derek

Mar 22nd, 2002, 09:05 AM	#3
youbet7469 New Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 12	I would like to adjust what you suggested in the following way: I'd like to type the sentence in A1 and then have each character in its own cell to the right of the sentence but in the SAME row instead of the row underneath. Your formula seems to work when I adjust it in this way EXCEPT it misses the very first charcter of each sentence. Any suggestions on how to fix this? THank you very much for your suggestion Sincerely Greg

Mar 22nd, 2002, 09:13 AM	#4
Dave Hawley Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,582	I think it's only a missing -1 =MID($A$1,COLUMN()-1,1) _________________ Kind Regards Dave Hawley OzGrid Business Applications Microsoft Excel/VBA Training [ This Message was edited by: Dave Hawley on 2002-03-22 08:14 ]