title: A new idea on how to beat the 32,767 text limit in Excel
body: <p>So as many others have asked in the past is there a way to beat the 32k limit per cell in Excel?  </p>
  
  <p>I have  found ways to do it by splitting the work load into two different .txt files and then merging the two .txt files, however it is a giant PITA and more often then not I end up only using excel to its limits as I do not have time to validate the data after .txt file merges anymore this is a long process and tedious IMO.</p>
  
  <p>However I think that if the limitation is there it is there because it was coded when Microsoft developed Excel, and since they have yet to raise it (2013 version the limit is still the same limit so it would do no good to upgrade)  </p>
  
  <p>I also know that many will say if you have a need for information in a single cell in that length then you should use ACCESS well I have no idea how to use ACCESS or how to import a tab delimited file into ACCESS like you would into EXCEL, and then even if I could figure that out I still now have to figure out how to learn all the new commands and he EXCEL equivalents if there is even such a thing.</p>
  
  <p>So I was browsing some blog posts the other day on how to beat limitations by software and I read something about reverse engineering.</p>
  
  <p>Would it be possible to load excel into a hex editor, go in and change every instance of 32767 to something greater?  </p>