or on that same note, be sure you highlight all with control A and when you follow those steps he gave, you can also choose auto fit. this will adjust to the longest cell. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MeLady717" <melady717@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 10:37 AM Subject: Re: Excel ghosts? > Hi Harry, > To make the colum wider: > Alt O and arrow down to columns and hit enter > You'll hear colum width hit enter > you'll get an edit area where you can enter a number for the width. I've > found for addresses somewhere around 24 works well. > Enter in the desired number and tab to ok and hit enter. > Save your worksheet and you're set! > Lil ~ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "harry bates" <hdbates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 11:20 AM > Subject: Re: Excel ghosts? > > > > How do I make the column a little wider? Presently, I think it is set to > > set column auto, which I assume is automatically. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Weddle" <ddweddle@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 11:10 AM > > Subject: Re: Excel ghosts? > > > > > > > Sometimes this sort of thing happens if your columns are too narrow. > Ive > > > found that Often Jaws will read columns the way you want when you're on > > the > > > cell, but the cell is really a space or two too narrow and Jaws will > read > > > spurious things when you're right next to the cell or when you've just > > left > > > it. Try making your column(s) just a little wider. > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > Take care... > > > Dave Weddle > > > . > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "harry bates" <hdbates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 7:45 AM > > > Subject: Excel ghosts? > > > > > > > > > I don't know what to call it, so I am calling it ghosts, because I > cannot > > > find them in the individual cells when I look for them using the edit > > > function, but I hear them. For instance I have a simple spreadsheet of > > > first name, last name, and telephone number. > > > When I use the say line with rows 1 through 15, I hear them clearly, but > > > when I get to say row 28 I hear the name of the person in the first cell > > of > > > the column/row and also hear the name of the person who appeared in an > > > earlier row along with the name I actually want to hear. When I search > in > > > each cell the confounding data is not found. 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