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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.
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FormatCellsAlignment tab, check Wrap text

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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
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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


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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...


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