Right-click > FormatCells > AlignmentTab > make sure the "Horizontal"
selection is set to "General"......

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"Jtanberg" wrote:

> Hello. I have a user here that on his machine only when you format a cell and
> choose wrap text the text dissapears from the cell but still shows in the
> formula bar. It is with every spreadsheet including if we open a blank one
> and try it. I have been searching google and others have the same issue but
> can't seem to find an answer. He is running office 2000 SP4 but I do not
> think the version is related. He is a programmer and he messes with dll's all
> the time so I have a feeling it has something to do with a shared dll. Here
> are the things I have tried. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Tried removing the Excel.xlb file from C:\Documents and
> Settings\-your name-\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel
>
> Detect and Repair
> Made sure the text is not white
> Tried changing the cell to General just to make sure there is nothing strange