Excel for Mac: insert line break
In Excel for Mac, a line break can be inserted using the keyboard shortcut or automatically. We'll show you how it's done.
Insert line breaks in Excel for Mac using a shortcut
- Select the cell you want and start typing.
- If you want to continue on the next line, press "ctrl" + "cmd" + Enter.
- Even if you change the column width, this line break remains.
Automatic line break in Excel for Mac
If you want Excel to automatically insert a line break at the end of a cell, proceed as follows:
- Select the lines you want.
- At the top of the "Start" tab under "Alignment", select "Line break".
- If you then change the width of the column, Excel automatically moves the line break.
