Thanks for the reply. I found some code that did the trick.
<?php
$len = 200; //Number of words to display in excerpt
$newExcerpt = substr($post->post_excerpt, 0, $len); //truncate excerpt according to $len
if(strlen($newExcerpt) < strlen($post->post_excerpt)) {
$newExcerpt = $newExcerpt."[...]";
}
echo "<p>".$newExcerpt."</p>"; //finally display excerpt
?>
What can I do to add
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
to the code so if there isn’t a manual excerpt it will display the auto excerpt?