How to wrap text within cells in Excel

How to wrap lines in Excel cells

In Excel, we often need to enter long text content in cells. If the text content is too long and exceeds the width of the cell, it will cause Text display is incomplete. In order to avoid this problem, we can manually wrap the text in the Excel cell so that the text displays on multiple lines. Below we will introduce several methods to achieve line wrapping in Excel cells.

Method 1: Use the ALT Enter key to wrap the line

At the position where you want to wrap the line, hold down the ALT key and press the Enter key at the same time. This will insert a newline character at that position and the text will start on the next line. This method is suitable for situations where the cell content is relatively simple. If there is a lot of content in the cell, you may need to frequently use the ALT Enter key to add multiple line breaks.

Method 2: Use the automatic word wrap function

In the Excel toolbar, you can find a button with an icon similar to a text box. This button is the "Line Wrap" button. Select the cell that needs to be wrapped and click this button to enable the automatic word wrapping function in the cell. When automatic word wrapping is enabled, the text will be automatically wrapped and displayed within the cell, and there is no need to manually add line breaks.

Method 3: Use functions to wrap lines

In addition to manually entering line breaks or enabling the automatic line wrap function, we can also use functions to wrap lines within cells. At the position where a line break is required, enter the function CHAR(10). The CHAR function is a character function used to convert numbers into corresponding characters, and the character corresponding to the number 10 is a newline character.

For example, assume that in cell A1, we need to enter text that wraps. You can enter the following content in cell A1:

"First row" & CHAR(10) & "Second row"

In this way, the text will be in the two rows of cell A1 show. Simply replace the corresponding text content and cell position to achieve line wrapping in other cells.

It should be noted that when using this function for line wrapping, you need to ensure that the row height of the cell is high enough to fully display the text content after line wrapping.

To sum up, the above are several ways to wrap lines in Excel cells. By using the ALT Enter key, enabling the automatic line wrapping function, or using functions to wrap lines, we can easily adjust the text display format according to actual needs to make the text content clearer and easier to read.

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