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Add line breaks to a cell using easy keyboard shortcuts and formulas
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When using Google Sheets, you may sometimes want to start a new line within one cell instead of going to different cells. This is doable with a shortcut or a formula.
Things You Should Know
- Press the Alt and Tab keys at the same time in a cell to insert a line break.
- You can also use the CHAR function to insert a line break in a cell.
- When using the CHAR function, you can add a specific number of line breaks by nesting it within the REPT function.
Steps
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Double click on the cell where you want multiple lines. -
If the cell contains text, move the cursor to the position where you want the break and press Alt + ↵ Enter .Advertisement -
If the cell doesn't contain any text, double click the cell. Press Alt + ↵ Enter key and repeat it for multiple lines.
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Go to the cell and type the formula=char(10). It will insert a new line in same cell. But you can't see it.- If you want to see it, then copy the formula and right click on the same cell and apply Paste Special > Value Only.
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When you want to insert multiple blank lines in same cell, tweak the formula above little bit.- Go to the cell and type the formula
=rept(chart(10),5). It will insert five blank lines in same cell. - Apply the paste special as above to see the result. Change the number from 5 to any digit to get additional number of lines.
- Go to the cell and type the formula
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- If you type
=rept(D5&char(10),6), this will insert 6 lines in same cell, but not blank; it will repeat text or number in cell D5.Thanks
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