Sep 05, 2011 I'm using Excel for MAC. In Windows I know you use ALT-ENTER to generate a new line. That's not working on the MAC. Anyone know how. Skip to main content. How can I add a line within a cell in Excel for Mac I want to add a line within an excel cell to separate two sentences. I'm using Excel for MAC. This is a quickie tip for Excel users who use Mac computer. If you use Microsoft Office for Mac: Excel, then you need to add multiple lines of the information into a cell. In Windows you can add next line in excel using Alt+Enter keys. If you want to insert new line in Excel for Mac. Acrobat for mac trial. Manually Adding a Line Break You can do this by pressing Option Enter at the point you want to insert the line break. It's best that you format the cell(s) as Text to ensure the best results. Mass Insert Line Break (a.k.a Search/Replace) You can do this on a mass basis with Search & Replace. As before, it's important to format your cells as text. In the replace field, use the generic formula ='Text1'&CHAR(10)&'Text2'&CHAR(10)'Text3.' • The text to be replaced in quotes (' ') • & as the concat (concatenate) function • CHAR(10) as the symbol for newline Using this methodology, you can 'fix' multiple lines of text (like an address). See the animation below for an example. You can use the Find & Replace How to find or replace a line break in Excel for Windows To replace a line break with a space or any other separator, enter the line break character in the Find what filed by pressing Ctrl + J. This shortcut is the ASCII control code for character 10 (line break, or line feed). After pressing Ctrl + J, at first sight the Find what box will look empty, but upon a closer look you will notice a tiny flickering dot like in the screenshot below. Enter the replacement character in the Replace with box, e.g. A space character, and click Replace All. Replacing all line breaks on the sheet with spaces To replace some character with a line break, do the opposite - enter the current character in the Find what box, and the line break (Ctrl + J) in Replace with. Since I do not have Excel to verify it here is what I found for you to try.
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