atw: Re: Cell Padding in Excel - more
- From: "bja" <moo-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:25:06 +1100
Hi Howard.
Cell padding is the space between the cell walls and the text. In many
packages you can define this for left, right, top and bottom.
In both Word and FrameMaker these are called cell margins.
This ability has always been something sought after by many users of Excel
so when I found these anomolies by accident I got all excited for a second
or two until I realised it was probably just a bug. As such, I just wondered
if anyone knew anything about this unexpected situation or a definitive
cause that can be avoided.
As I later said, it was just something I came across, queried and have since
moved on from. :)
Cheers,
Bruce
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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard Silcock
Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2008 10:05 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Cell Padding in Excel - more
I've worked with Excel fairly extensively, but haven't ever given any
thought to cell padding. You're obviously talking about cells with large
amounts of text in them and I assume you're talking about padding between
the bottom of the cell and the text - is that right? Or do you mean padding
at the top and/or sides as well?
You also seem to be talking more about unintended cell padding and what
might have caused it, as you recognise that the feature isn't actually
provided. So I'm not sure what you're asking - is it whether anyone can
suggest what's causing padding to creep in unasked?
Howard
2008/11/11 bja <moo-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hmmm.
I just came across another cell with padding that only had 234 characters
and kept the padding while the character count was between 231and 250
characters so there is obviously something else at play. I thought it may
have been total character pixel width etc but changing the font from Arial
to Courier didn't make a difference.
Anyway, if someone else out there knows ... I think I've wasted enough time
on this one. :)
Cheers,
Bruce
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