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Wrap Text in a Cell (Microsoft Excel)
Wrap Text in a Cell (Microsoft Excel)
If you want text to appear on multiple lines in a cell, you can format the cell so that text wraps automatically, or you can enter a manual line break.
Wrap text automatically
Select the cells you want to format.
On the Format menu, click Cells , and then click the Alignment tab.
Under Text control , select the Wrap text check box, and then click OK .
Note
Data in the cell will wrap to fit the column width. When you change the column width, data wrapping adjusts automatically.
Enter a line break
To start a new line of text at a specific point in a cell, click where you want to break the line, and then press ALT+ENTER.
Note
If all wrapped text is not visible, it may be because the row is set to a specific height. To allow the row to adjust automatically and show all wrapped text, point to Row on the Format menu, and then click AutoFit .