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Re: Problem formatting a column to justify (i.e. line wrap)

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On 01/07/2018 12:48 PM, David Wright wrote:
> On Sun 07 Jan 2018 at 11:34:43 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I'm new to gnumeric and have not used any spreadsheet since mid 70's.
>> I'm running Debian 9.1 with MATE desktop and gnumeric 1.12.32 .
>>
>> I have 2 columns with potentially long lines.
>> I had no problem selecting a preferred font size.
>> I created a spreadsheet allowing cells with with long lines to
>> truncate when displayed.
>>
>> I then chose to justify. An inappropriate column with had been set
>> initially resulting in row height of 3 lines of text. I manually
>> dragged the column separator to an appropriate width resulting in a
>> desired height of 2 lines of text.
>>
>> That row is stuck at a height of 3 lines of text.
>>
>> How can I force each row height to be *NO* taller than necessary to
>> for the currently longest line?
>
> To correct one row, double-click on the line underneath the row number
> in the left hand margin.
>
> To correct all the rows, click on the area just above the row number
> for the first row (selects the entire sheet) and then double-click on
> any of the lines like the one I described in the previous paragraph.
>
> Cheers,
> David.


Thank you.

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