Generally, newer versions of Excel will automatically break text properly between words. Show However, when a different space character is used, it will not properly recognize the spaces between words, hence treat the entire text as a single word and break it at fixed widths. (I found this out the hard way, and took quite a bit of time to identify the issue.) When typing text in Excel, the spaces are normally ok (ASCII code 32). However, when copying and pasting text from some other applications, a different character may be used (ASCII code 160, for example, which is equivalent to a space character, except with even parity); Excel treats those differently. You can use the formula =SUBSTITUTE(," "," ") to reproduce the cell replacing the "bad" space characters, where is the cell in question, the first " " contains the "bad" space character, and the second " " contains a normal space. And maybe someone else out there has another suggestion on how to strip off the parity bit when copying text.
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How do I stop words breaking in Excel?Kindly try these steps to disable auto-wrap text in Excel. Select the cells or could be the entire sheet where you want auto-wrap text to be disabled > Right-click > Format cells > Click on "Alignment" tab > Under text control, remove the checkmark from the "wrap text" option.
Why is pasting text into Excel splitting it into multiple rows?In Excel, if you copy some data from other file format and paste to a worksheet, then split the data by Text to Column function, then in next time when you paste data with a similar type to worksheet, the data will be automatically split to columns. Sometimes, you want to prevent the data being split.
How do I stop Excel from spilling out text?Select the cells you want to prevent cell from spilling over and right click, then select Format Cells from the context menu. In the Format Cells dialog, click Alignment tab, then select Fill in the drop down list of Horizontal. Click OK. Now the data in the selected cells will never spill over.
What are the different options of text wrapping in Excel?There are two ways to wrap text in Excel — you can either edit the settings to wrap text automatically or you can manually enter line breaks. Note, however, that you may have to adjust the row height, to ensure that all your text is visible.
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