+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 5 of 5

How do i tab within cell text?

  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    06-22-2005
    Location
    Washington, USA
    MS-Off Ver
    Office 365
    Posts
    40

    How do i tab within cell text?

    Hi,

    I couldn't find anything with the search function. I think 'tab' is too broad a word and indent didn't bring back what I wanted.

    I'm entering some text within a cell and want to add some formatting. I'd like to indent the second line of the text.

    possible? how?

    thanks as usual!

    -joel

  2. #2
    Registered User
    Join Date
    07-12-2007
    Posts
    40
    Hi Joel,

    I know the response may sound kind of cheap, haha. But I think I may have found a way.

    As you probably know Alt+Enter does a line break within a cell. So where the line breaks, makes the beginning of a second line. Just put the cursor before the second line by double-clicking it. Then just simply press the spacebar a couple times.

    Like I said, sounds cheap. But it worked... I hope this is what you were wanting to achieve.

    Kevin K.

  3. #3
    Valued Forum Contributor mudraker's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-10-2003
    Location
    Melbourne, Australia
    Posts
    3,983
    joel

    Excel does not have a tab function that works within the cells. As far as I know Kevin's response is the only way to indent your text as your require
    Please Read Forum Rules Before Posting
    Wrap VBA code by selecting the code and clicking the # icon or Read This
    How To Cross Post politely

    Top Excel links for beginners to Experts

    If you are pleased with a member's answer then use the Scales icon to rate it
    If my reply has assisted or failed to assist you I welcome your Feedback.

  4. #4
    Forum Guru
    Join Date
    08-05-2004
    Location
    NJ
    MS-Off Ver
    365
    Posts
    13,578
    If you're going to be using it a lot, you can define a name which does a linebreak followed by an indention. Not sure it it's worth it because you then need to set up your text formula style but for the sake of knowledge, here's what you do;
    1. Insert>Name>Define, type in something simple as the name (I used Rt) and in "Refers to"
    Please Login or Register  to view this content.
    Then in any cell where you want to type multiple paragraphs use &Rt& between paragraphs. e.g.
    Please Login or Register  to view this content.
    ChemistB

  5. #5
    Registered User
    Join Date
    10-21-2015
    Location
    Birmingham, Alabama
    MS-Off Ver
    365
    Posts
    1

    Re: How do i tab within cell text?

    This may have been possible in earlier versions, but I can't get it do go now. The main objective I think is ease of reading. A clumsy solution is to break the worksheet into separate columns and move the information you want to separate into those columns. You might never sort on that information (e.g., a phone number), but I believe a useful benefit is you can create a hyperlink to an e-mail address or website if that's part of your data. I haven't tried to do it, but I don't think Excel can take a character string in a single cell and create a separate hyperlink for that string.

+ Reply to Thread

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts

Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0 RC 1