how to default all cells to wrap text?

How can I customize Excel so that the default for all
cells in a worksheet is always to wrap text? It drives me
nuts to have to do this every time, when I almost never
DON'T want text to wrap.

thanks

Hit CRTL + A to select all cells.

FormatAlignmentWrap Text.

To make this the default for all new workbooks and sheets....

Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish. FileSave As Type: scroll down
to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes).
Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT.

Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

This will be the default workbook for FileNewWorkbook.

You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as
you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes
the default InsertSheet.

More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes).

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 06:36:20 -0700, "L Schmandt"
wrote:

How can I customize Excel so that the default for all
cells in a worksheet is always to wrap text? It drives me
nuts to have to do this every time, when I almost never
DON'T want text to wrap.

thanks