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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Writing Multi-line Text</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154346"><bookmark_value>text in cells; multi-line</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cells; text breaks</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>breaks in cells</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>multi-line text in cells</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154346" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="42"><variable id="text_wrap"><link href="text/scalc/guide/text_wrap.xhp" name="Writing Multi-line Text">Writing Multi-line Text</link>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Pressing the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Enter keys inserts a manual line break. This shortcut only works directly in the cell, not in the input line.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">If you want the text to automatically break at the right border of the cell, proceed as follows:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153951" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">Select all the cells where you want the text to break at the right border.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="45">In <emph>Format - Cells - Alignment</emph>, mark the <emph>Wrap text automatically</emph> option and click OK.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145799" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46"><link href="text/scalc/01/05020000.xhp" name="Format - Cell">Format - Cell</link></paragraph>
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