How many characters can a cell in Numbers contain? For comparison, an Excel cell is limited to 32,767 characters, of which only 1,024 are displayed. What are the cell limits of Numbers?
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I am not aware of a published limitation and am certain there is one. I was able to place 0x1FFCO characters (thats 131072 in decimal) in a cell. I gave up after that.
Hello Wayne,
Thank you for reading and answering.
I'll transferring a lot of text to cells in a spreadsheet. The text comes from job descritions. Some employers have a lot to write about all aspects of the the job. When I paste a large block of text to a cell, the end portion of the text disappears and the cell accepts no more text. When I widen the column, I can insert more text, but the text originally copied to the cell has disappeared.
How can I prepare or format a cell so that it will accept a half page of text without requiring me to change column width and re-paste missing text?
Thank you!
I would size the cell (vertically and horizontally), then check the "Wrap" check box
Thank you, Wayne.
An overlooked autofit function is the answer I hoped for, but your suggestion to guesstimate the required space and manually prepare the cell for the text appears to be the way it's done in Numbers.
My appreciation for your efforts!
How many characters can a cell in Numbers contain? For comparison, an Excel cell is limited to 32,767 characters, of which only 1,024 are displayed.
