How to insert a line break in Excel when pressing Enter sends you to the next cell? That’s the trick you will learn in this quick Excel tutorial.
Discover how to add multiple lines in one Excel cell, for clear and formatted worksheets.
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How to insert new lines in Excel cells
Write multiple lines in one cell by pressing Option+Enter keys when typing your text in a cell. This action creates a line break in Excel cells.
In this example, we want to insert a line break in cell E50. We double click the cell where we want to insert the line break.
![Excel cell with only one line.](https://blogtedjordan.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2024/02/insert-line-break-excel-cell.png)
Then, we press Option and Enter keys on our keyboard.
![Mac keyboard with option and enter keys highlighted. Shortcut to start a new line within a cell in Excel.](https://blogtedjordan.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2024/02/insert-line-break-shortcut-excel-1024x416.jpg)
Now, there are multiple lines in our cell!
![Excel cell with multiple lines after using a shortcut.](https://blogtedjordan.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2024/02/mutiple-lines-one-cell-excel.png)
Now, you know how to add a line break in Excel cells like a pro!
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