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Excel Line Breaks (ALT ENTER) in Notepad?

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    Excel Line Breaks (ALT ENTER) in Notepad?

    Hi

    I have a of of nested IF statements in my XLS and wanted to make them more readable be using line breaks, in windows ALT-ENTER.

    I often find it easier to edit complex formulas in Notepad before pasting them into Excel, however ALT-ENTER does not appear to be recognised in Notepad.

    Is there a workaround please, or can you suggest another utility similar to Notepad that does support line breaks?

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    Re: Excel Line Breaks (ALT ENTER) in Notepad?

    Notepad DOES support it, but you must switch Word Wrap to ON under View.
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    Re: Excel Line Breaks (ALT ENTER) in Notepad?

    Reading your post again: in Notepad, just use ENTER - when you copy into Excel, the formula will appear in the formula bar correctly. Make sure you place the cursor into the formula bar before pasting, though!

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