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XL: Cell Appears Blank with Angled Text and Small Row Height

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Symptoms

When you decrease the height of a row in Microsoft Excel, the content of a cell in the row may disappear and the cell may appear to be blank.

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Cause

This behavior can occur if the following conditions are true:
  • You format a cell to use text orientation that is either greater or less than 0.

    -and-
  • You decrease the height of the row that contains the cell in question.

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Workaround

To work around this issue, increase the row height until the number is visible.

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Keywords: KB212126, kbui, kbprb, kbpending

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Article Info
Article ID : 212126
Revision : 6
Created on : 1/24/2007
Published on : 1/24/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 410