Wrap text does not adjust row height in merged cells.

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Paul S. Natanson - 05 Feb 2007 17:02 GMT

When I set the format/alignment of a SINGLE (unmerged) Excel cell to select
"WrapedText", the row height adjusts upward, automatically, to accommodate
the greater height needed by the wrapped text. (That's good/)

But if I select "WrappedText" for a MERGED cell (e.g., a cell made by
merging two side-by-side cells into one), the row height does NOT adjust.
In that case, if the text runs onto a second line, I cannot see that second
line unless I increase the row height MANUALLY. (That's bad.)

So, my question is: "How can I force the row height to adjust AUTOMATICALLY
when selecting "WrapText" in a merged cell that was made by merging two
side-by-side cells?".

PS: I am a proficient VBA programmer and macro writer and I am willing to
write a macro to do this if I do not get any better suggestions.

Paul S. Natanson
1-908-630-+0406 (9AM-9PM eastern USA time)
paul628 (at) concentric (dot) net
February 5, 2007

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Gord Dibben - 05 Feb 2007 18:23 GMT

Long audible sigh here.................

One more victim of "merged cells".

Wrap Text works fine on merged cells, but Autofit does not work.

You need VBA event code to do that.

Here is code from Greg Wilson.

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim NewRwHt As Single
Dim cWdth As Single, MrgeWdth As Single
Dim c As Range, cc As Range
Dim ma As Range

With Target
If .MergeCells And .WrapText Then
Set c = Target.Cells(1, 1)
cWdth = c.ColumnWidth
Set ma = c.MergeArea
For Each cc In ma.Cells
MrgeWdth = MrgeWdth + cc.ColumnWidth
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ma.MergeCells = False
c.ColumnWidth = MrgeWdth
c.EntireRow.AutoFit
NewRwHt = c.RowHeight
c.ColumnWidth = cWdth
ma.MergeCells = True
ma.RowHeight = NewRwHt
cWdth = 0: MrgeWdth = 0
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End If
End With
End Sub

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

>When I set the format/alignment of a SINGLE (unmerged) Excel cell to select
>"WrapedText", the row height adjusts upward, automatically, to accommodate
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>paul628 (at) concentric (dot) net
>February 5, 2007

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Paul S. Natanson - 05 Feb 2007 20:57 GMT

Excellent! Thank you VERY much. It works great. I should have done this
YEARS ago. Many thanks. Paul

> Long audible sigh here.................
>
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>>paul628 (at) concentric (dot) net
>>February 5, 2007

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