Wrap Text Format Causes Text to Move Closer to Top of Cell

In Microsoft Excel, if you apply the Wrap Text alignment format to a cell, the text in the cell may move slightly closer to the top of the cell. As a result, text in one cell may not be vertically aligned with text in another cell in the same row.

This problem is more noticeable when the text in the cell is bold, or when you apply borders to the cell.

NOTE: This problem does not occur in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel.

You can reduce the effects of this problem by formatting all cells in a row with the Wrap Text alignment. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Select all of the cells in the row that you are using.
2. On the Format menu, click Cells. Click the Alignment tab.
3. Click to select the Wrap Text check box. Then, click OK.

If all of the cells in the row use the Wrap Text alignment format, the text in all of the cells is aligned.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

When you use the Wrap Text alignment format, text that is too long to appear on one line is wrapped so that it appears in multiple lines in a single cell.