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Default "carriage return" as the delimiter?

It seems that any single character can be used as a delimiter, but no
"ALT-Enter". I come across multiple rows within a single cell ALL the time!
How do I make "ALT-Enter" my delimiter?
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Default "carriage return" as the delimiter?

If you do the following, it will allow you to use the ALT+ENTER as delimiter:
Choose Data | Text to Columns
Select Delimited, click Next
Check 'Other', and click in the 'Other' box
Hold the Alt key, and on the number keypad, type: 0010
(you won't see anything in the 'Other' box, but that's
the code for a line break character)
After you let go of the ALT key, you will see how the columns will be split.

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It seems that any single character can be used as a delimiter, but no
"ALT-Enter". I come across multiple rows within a single cell ALL the time!
How do I make "ALT-Enter" my delimiter?

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Default "carriage return" as the delimiter?

Instead of using alt-0010 (from the number keypad--not above QWERTY), you can
also use ctrl-j.



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If you do the following, it will allow you to use the ALT+ENTER as delimiter:
Choose Data | Text to Columns
Select Delimited, click Next
Check 'Other', and click in the 'Other' box
Hold the Alt key, and on the number keypad, type: 0010
(you won't see anything in the 'Other' box, but that's
the code for a line break character)
After you let go of the ALT key, you will see how the columns will be split.

"EASY QUESTION" wrote:

It seems that any single character can be used as a delimiter, but no
"ALT-Enter". I come across multiple rows within a single cell ALL the time!
How do I make "ALT-Enter" my delimiter?


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