Text Disappears In Table Cell or Frame in Word for Windows

• Microsoft Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word, if you reach the boundary of a text box (Word 6.x and 7.x), or a frame, or the maximum row height of a table cell, any text that exceeds the boundary or limit does not display or print.

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In Word 6.0 and 7.0, you can set an exact height for a table cell by choosing Cell Height and Width from the Table menu, selecting the Exactly option under Height of Rows and selecting or typing a measurement for the row height in the At box. As in version 1.x and 2.x, the overflow text does not display or print.

In Word for Windows version 2.0, you can set an exact height for a table cell by choosing Row Height from the Table menu, selecting the Exactly option in the Height of Row box, and selecting or typing a measurement for the row height in the At box. As in version 1.x, if the typing in the table cell exceeds the exact measurement set, the overflow text does not display or print.

In version 2.0, when overflow text exists in a cell, the bottom gridline in the cell darkens and thickens to indicate that the cell is full. In version 6.0, the bottom gridline does not darken and thicken to indicate the cell is full. To display overflow text in a table cell in Word versions 2.0, 6.0 and 7.0, choose Row Height from the Table menu and change the Height of Row selection from Exactly to At Least. To remove overflow text from a frame in version 2.0, 6.0, and 7.0 change to normal view and edit the text. You can display overflow text in a frame in version 2.0 by increasing the maximum frame size. To do this, choose Frame from the Format menu and adjust the Width and Height settings.

Note: In Word versions 2.0, 6.0 and 7.0, text in a frame that exceeds the page boundary does not display in page layout view or print. Frame length cannot exceed one page and cannot contain page breaks.

In Word for Windows version 1.x, you can set an exact height for a table cell by choosing Table from the Format menu. Type a negative measurement in the Minimum Row Height box to set the desired row height to the exact positive measurement. For example, if you want a row height of .25-inch, type "-.25" (without the quotation marks). If the typing in the table cell exceeds the exact measurement set, the overflow text does not display or print. To correct this problem, remove the minus sign from the row height measurement.