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Default Character for second line in a cell

What character or entity does one enter to generate a second line of text in
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Default Character for second line in a cell

Hold down the Alt key and press Enter at the same time to get a
linefeed within a cell, then carry on typing.

Hope this helps.

Pete

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Default Character for second line in a cell

Press [Alt]+[Enter] when typing into a cell, or
in VB use either Chr$(10) or the built-in VB constant vbLf, as
Range("A1")="Hello " & vbLf & "world"


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