Text wrapping for long answer choices (select_one, select_multiple)

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What is the problem? Please be detailed.
Some of the answer options for select_one and select_multiple answer choices on my survey are a bit long and on a tablet with an 8 inch screen, even in landscape view, will not display. I expected the text to automatically wrap to the next line but it does not - it runs off the page. I haven't seen any settings to change this display.

What ODK tool and version are you using? And on what device and operating system version?
I am using ODK Collect v1.15.1 on a Samsung Galaxy Tab E and building my form with XLSForm.

What you have you tried to fix the problem?
I have tried searching for display options, changing to landscape view and reducing the font size.

Anything else we should know or have? If you have a test form or screenshots or logs, attach here.
I've attached a screenshot of an example where this is a problem.

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you can drop compact appearance or
separate the text in a new line in same cell using alt+enter (For example use this formula after the word "septic").

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You can try using the latest version of ODK Collect v1.17.2 or above.Do also wrap on the MS Excel if you are using it and see if it works.

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Dropping compact works, thank you!

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The text was already wrapped in Excel, but that did not affect the display in ODK at all. Switching the appearance to compact works, however!

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