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Microsoft Excel

Break a line inside a cell

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Windows Desktop app Microsoft 365 desktop

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Splits the text inside one cell onto a second line while you are editing that cell. It does not add a row.

Where it works: While editing cell text

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts in Excel

Documentation checked on 2026-09-11. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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