diff --git a/src/cmds.c b/src/cmds.c
index fa85b310..2744a83f 100644
--- a/src/cmds.c
+++ b/src/cmds.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void int_deletecol(int col, int mult) {
  * with the "pt" command. r1, c1, r2, and c2 define the range in which the
  * dr and dc values should be used. Special =='u' means special copy from
  * spreadsheet to undo struct. Since its mandatory to make isolated copies
- * of p->expr->e.o.right.e.v.vp and p->expr->e.o.right.e.v.vp 
+ * of p->expr->e.o.right.e.v.vp and p->expr->e.o.right.e.v.vp
  *
  * \param[in] n
  * \param[in] p
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ struct enode * copye(register struct enode *e, int Rdelta, int Cdelta, int r1, i
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief TODO Write brief function description 
+ * \brief TODO Write brief function description
  *
  * \details Note: Modified 9/17/90 THA to handle more formats.
  *
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ void int_deleterow(int row, int mult) {
  * \param[in] sc
  * \param[in] er
  * \param[in] ec
- * 
+ *
  * \return none
  */
 
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ void ljustify(int sr, int sc, int er, int ec) {
 
 /**
  * \brief TODO Document rjustify()
- * 
+ *
  * \param[in] sr
  * \param[in] sc
  * \param[in] er
@@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ void valueize_area(int sr, int sc, int er, int ec) {
  * \param[in] vir_tlcol
  * \param[in] vir_brrow
  * \param[in] vir_brcol
- * 
+ *
  * \return none
  */
 
@@ -2529,7 +2529,7 @@ void pad_and_align (char * str_value, char * numeric_value, int col_width, int a
     }
 
     // If content exceedes column width, outputs n number of '*' needed to fill column width
-    if (str_len + num_len + padding > col_width && ( (! atoi(get_conf_value("overlap"))) || align == 1) ) {
+    if (str_len + num_len + padding > col_width && !atoi(get_conf_value("truncate")) && ( (! atoi(get_conf_value("overlap"))) || align == 1) ) {
         if (padding) wmemset(str_out + wcslen(str_out), L'#', padding);
         wmemset(str_out + wcslen(str_out), L'*', col_width - padding);
         return;
@@ -2569,6 +2569,11 @@ void pad_and_align (char * str_value, char * numeric_value, int col_width, int a
         swprintf(str_out + wcslen(str_out), BUFFERSIZE, L"%s", numeric_value);
     }
 
+    // Similar condition to max width '*' condition above, but just trims instead
+    if (str_len + num_len + padding > col_width && atoi(get_conf_value("truncate"))) {
+      str_out[col_width] = '\0';
+    }
+
     return;
 }
 
@@ -2746,7 +2751,7 @@ int is_single_command (struct block * buf, long timeout) {
         else if (buf->value == L'd' && bs == 2 &&    // cuts a cell
                  buf->pnext->value == L'd') res = EDITION_CMD;
 
-        else if (buf->value == L'\'' && bs == 2 &&   // tick 
+        else if (buf->value == L'\'' && bs == 2 &&   // tick
                ((buf->pnext->value - (L'a' - 1)) < 1 ||
                  buf->pnext->value > 26)) res = MOVEMENT_CMD;
 
diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index 330abc26..fe30c52b 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ void store_default_config_values() {
     put(user_conf_d, "numeric_zero", "1");
     put(user_conf_d, "numeric_decimal", "1");
     put(user_conf_d, "overlap", "0");
+    put(user_conf_d, "truncate", "0");
     put(user_conf_d, "debug", "0");
     put(user_conf_d, "ignorecase", "0");
     put(user_conf_d, "trigger", "1");
diff --git a/src/doc b/src/doc
index 5cbf1acb..b9fdacb2 100755
--- a/src/doc
+++ b/src/doc
@@ -1038,6 +1038,10 @@ Commands for handling cell content:
     If cell content exceedes column width it gets cut off to fit the column
     width.  If overlap is set, the content overflows into the next column.
 
+    'truncate' [default off]
+    If cell content exceedes column width it gets replaced by asterisks '*'.
+    If truncate is set, the content is cut off at the end of the cell.
+
     'debug' [default off]
     set this to see debug messages in screen
 
diff --git a/src/gram.y b/src/gram.y
index f971535f..e6b0a669 100755
--- a/src/gram.y
+++ b/src/gram.y
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ token S_YANKCOL
 %token K_NONUMERIC_ZERO
 %token K_OVERLAP
 %token K_NOOVERLAP
+%token K_TRUNCATE
+%token K_NOTRUNCATE
 %token K_QUIT_AFTERLOAD
 %token K_NOQUIT_AFTERLOAD
 %token K_XLSX_READFORMULAS
@@ -1047,6 +1049,10 @@ setitem :
                                      else         parse_str(user_conf_d, "overlap=1", TRUE); }
     |    K_OVERLAP                {               parse_str(user_conf_d, "overlap=1", TRUE); }
     |    K_NOOVERLAP              {               parse_str(user_conf_d, "overlap=0", TRUE); }
+    |    K_TRUNCATE '=' NUMBER     {  if ($3 == 0) parse_str(user_conf_d, "truncate=0", TRUE);
+                                     else         parse_str(user_conf_d, "truncate=1", TRUE); }
+    |    K_TRUNCATE               {               parse_str(user_conf_d, "truncate=1", TRUE); }
+    |    K_NOTRUNCATE             {               parse_str(user_conf_d, "truncate=0", TRUE); }
     |    K_AUTOBACKUP '=' NUMBER  {
                                                   char cmd[MAXCMD];
                                                   sprintf(cmd, "autobackup=%d", $3);