Possible to limit text displayed in a view?

Possible to limit text displayed in a view?

Does anyone know if you can limit the text displayed (not entered) in a multi-line field for a view?

I have an app that has a field called "Summary" - a multi-line text field. The user enters a detailed summary of the work being performed which can get quite lengthy. The problem is, when I show that field in a view, the row gets extremely tall as the column width is quite narrow.

Is it possible to display ONLY the first 50, 100, etc. characters of the field in the view with the ENTIRE field contents available as a mouse-over (like a tooltip) or in the record summary view (that little icon to the right...)?