Did you look at that link, Michael? In Office 2010, 1024 characters will display in the cell itself but 32K will display in the formula bar. I'm sure there are similar numbers in earlier versions of Office.
As to why you would want to store and manipulate 32K of text data in a cell in Excel, I dunno... :) -- rk -----Original Message----- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 3:26 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Foxpro and Excel question I'm confused, however. You can display 1024 but can store much much more. But what is the point of storing it if you can't display it? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/DF1EEF11E586A64FB54A97F22A8BD0441D4A7D5B1F@ACKBWDDQH1.artfact.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.