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If this question has already been asked somewhere, please let me know,
but...
I know that to start a new line in a CSV file you put "\n" in it, but
how do you start a new line within a cell?

Hopefully this is a dumb and easy question.
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Alt+Enter

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but...
I know that to start a new line in a CSV file you put "\n" in it, but
how do you start a new line within a cell?

Hopefully this is a dumb and easy question.
Thanks.
Brian Munz



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or in code
"ABCD" & chr(10) & "EFGH"

or
"ABCD" & vbLF & "EFGH"

format the cell to wrap text

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If this question has already been asked somewhere, please let me know,
but...
I know that to start a new line in a CSV file you put "\n" in it, but
how do you start a new line within a cell?

Hopefully this is a dumb and easy question.
Thanks.
Brian Munz



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Start typing, then hold down the Alt key and press <Enter to start a new line.

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If this question has already been asked somewhere, please let me know,
but...
I know that to start a new line in a CSV file you put "\n" in it, but
how do you start a new line within a cell?

Hopefully this is a dumb and easy question.
Thanks.
Brian Munz


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