Word Wrap -- Imported Excel File Doesn't

I have a number of Excel files that I'm trying to work with in Numbers.
In a number of cases the text I enter in a cell is longer than the width of the column. In Excel I indicated that this was text and that the program should wrap. The data transferred over showed the text as I need -- spilling to a second line when needed. But when I enter new text in the same sheet and same column the text is truncated to the width of the column. I have the "Wrap" button clicked.
Any ideas?
Thanks
In a previous post one of our Discussions colleagues was kind enough to suggest that I should read the User's Guide. Let me say that before I post here I do try the Help function and the User's Guide. Often it seems I lack the appropriate vocabulary / can't figure out how to ask / etc. I only post here when I can't figure it out.
Also I am new to Numbers and am making an effort to switch from Excel. I wonder / fear that the files imported from Excel are not as "clean" as we might expect and so add to my challenges.
Finally I have a few questions but for the sake of matching a specific solution to a specific issue I will post a number of questions rather than ask all my stuff in the same post.

jayessemm wrote:
I have a number of Excel files that I'm trying to work with in Numbers.
In a number of cases the text I enter in a cell is longer than the width of the column. In Excel I indicated that this was text and that the program should wrap. The data transferred over showed the text as I need -- spilling to a second line when needed. But when I enter new text in the same sheet and same column the text is truncated to the width of the column. I have the "Wrap" button clicked.
Any ideas?
Sounds like Numbers (or the user) is setting only the individual cells to wrap. To apply that setting to a whole column, click on any cell in the table to make the row and column reference tabs appear, then click the reference tab for the desired column to select the whole column. Now click the Wrap checkbox to apply or remove the Wrap setting to/from all cells in the column.
In a previous post one of our Discussions colleagues was kind enough to suggest that I should read the User's Guide. Let me say that before I post here I do try the Help function and the User's Guide. Often it seems I lack the appropriate vocabulary / can't figure out how to ask / etc. I only post here when I can't figure it out.
Understood. The Preface and Chapter 1 of the Numbers '09 User Guide provide a lot of the vocabulary specific to Numbers. You'll also learn a lot of that vocabulary by scanning the menus.
Also I am new to Numbers and am making an effort to switch from Excel. I wonder / fear that the files imported from Excel are not as "clean" as we might expect and so add to my challenges.
That's always a possibility, of course. Also, you'll find that Numbers does not support all of the functions and features found in MS Excel (although for many unsupported features, there are other ways of accomplishing the same thing, or something similar, in Numbers).
Regards,
Barry

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