Showing cell text length while typing

jmacleary

jmacleary

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Hello folks. I want to be able to see how many characters I am typing into a cell as I type. I know there are many ways to see the length after the data is entered, but I need to see the count 'in-flight' if possible.
 
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@ Jaafar ...

Was hoping you would come up with one of your ' miracle hacks ' ... :smile:
 
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