how do you force a new line in a formula in Excel?
 

I'm trying to use the CONCATENATE function but I also want to force a
'return' in the function/formula as if entering data into a cell and using
ALT+ENTER to force a new line. Can this be done?

how do you force a new line in a formula in Excel?
 

You can use CHAR(10) in your Concatenate function, like this:
=CONCATENATE("First line",CHAR(10),"Second line")

You also need to format the cell to allow text wrapping, or the linefeed
character will appear as a little square box.

Hope this helps,

Hutch

"JeffRI" wrote:

I'm trying to use the CONCATENATE function but I also want to force a
'return' in the function/formula as if entering data into a cell and using
ALT+ENTER to force a new line. Can this be done?

how do you force a new line in a formula in Excel?
 

This was awesome!! Thx for the info! That's exactly what I was looking for.

"Tom Hutchins" wrote:

You can use CHAR(10) in your Concatenate function, like this:
=CONCATENATE("First line",CHAR(10),"Second line")

You also need to format the cell to allow text wrapping, or the linefeed
character will appear as a little square box.

Hope this helps,

Hutch

"JeffRI" wrote:

I'm trying to use the CONCATENATE function but I also want to force a
'return' in the function/formula as if entering data into a cell and using
ALT+ENTER to force a new line. Can this be done?

how do you force a new line in a formula in Excel?
 

You can also use ="Line1" & CHAR(10) & "Line2"
CONCATENATE is such a long way of saying &.
You must format the cell to wrap text.

Tyro

"JeffRI" wrote in message
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I'm trying to use the CONCATENATE function but I also want to force a
'return' in the function/formula as if entering data into a cell and using
ALT+ENTER to force a new line. Can this be done?