how do i make text fit into 1 block in 2 or more lines in Excel

[Siwelile]

i want to know do i make my text fit into 1 block if it is a long sentance
needing two or three lines . pressing enter in the fromula bar doen't work.

[Niek Otten]

Format>Cells>Alignment tab, check Wrap text

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"Siwelile" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>i want to know do i make my text fit into 1 block if it is a long sentance
> needing two or three lines . pressing enter in the fromula bar doen't
> work.

[gjcase]

You can force text to wrap by inserting the vertical bar symbol "|" (above the backslash on most US keyboards.) You may have to adjust the cell height to see the second line.

---Glenn

[gjcase]

Sorry, I guess my age is showing, I was thinking 1-2-3. Use Alt-Enter to force the line wrap within a cell in Excel...