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Excel for Mac: Insert line breaks

Excel for Mac: Insert line breaks

In Excel for Mac, you can insert a line break using a keyboard shortcut or automatically.

Insert line breaks in Excel for Mac using a shortcut

You can quickly add line breaks in Excel for Mac using a shortcut.

  1. Select the desired cell and start typing.
  2. If you want to continue to the next line, press “ctrl” + “option” + Enter on your Mac keyboard.
  3. Even if you change the column width, this line break remains.



Automatic line breaks in Excel for Mac

If you want Excel to automatically insert a line break at the end of a cell, proceed as follows:

  1. Select the desired lines.
  2. Under the “Home” tab at the top, select “Line break” under “Alignment”.
  3. If you then change the width of the column, Excel automatically moves the line break.

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