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XL: Automatic Print Area Extended When Cells Justified
Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
Article ID: Q125888
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you justify a cell so that the information in the cell is several lines high, blank cells are printed to the right of the page.

WORKAROUND

To resolve this problem, do the following to set a print area:

  1. From the File menu, choose Page Setup, and select the Sheet tab.

  2. In the Print Area box, type in the range of cells that you want to print.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about setting the print area, choose the Search button in Help and type: 

   print area

KBCategory: kbprint
KBSubcategory:

Additional reference words: 5.00 7.00 print area justify



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Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
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