# Q: My Excel Won't Show Text Window...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-my-excel-wont-show-text-window/290375>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-my-excel-wont-show-text-window/290375 "2005-02-16T17:55:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-my-excel-wont-show-text-window/290375/1 "2005-02-16T17:55:13Z")

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You know in Excel, below the tool bars, there is usually a “window” that shows you your text as you type it into a cell. Well, my Excel at work has that “window” hidden. How do you get Excel to show it? I thought it’d be under “Show toolbars”, but it is not…unless I’m missing something?

- Jinx 😕

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**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-my-excel-wont-show-text-window/290375/2 "2005-02-16T18:01:37Z")

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