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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting Line Breaks in Cells</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id6305734"><bookmark_value>line breaks; in cells</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cells; line breaks</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text flow; in cells</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>wrapping text; in cells</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>words; wrapping in cells</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>automatic line breaks</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D5" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="breaking_lines"><link href="text/shared/guide/breaking_lines.xhp">Inserting Line Breaks in Cells</link>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106D9" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Inserting line breaks in $[officename] Calc spreadsheet cells</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E0" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To insert a line break in a spreadsheet cell, press the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Enter keys. </paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E3" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">This will work only with the text edit cursor inside the cell, not at the input line. So first double-click the cell, then single-click at the text position where you want the line break.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200914160968" role="note" l10n="NEW">You can search for a newline character in the Find &amp; Replace dialog by searching for \n as a regular expression. You can use the text function CHAR(10) to insert a newline character into a text formula.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E6" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Formatting $[officename] Calc cells for automatic line wrapping</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106ED" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the cells for which you want an automatic line break.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F1" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Cells - Alignment</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F9" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">Select <emph>Wrap text automatically</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10700" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Inserting line breaks in $[officename] Writer text document tables</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10707" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To insert a line break in a text document table cell, press the Enter key.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1070A" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">An automatic line break will be performed while you type across the end of each cell.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10718" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/01/05340300.xhp">Alignment</link></paragraph>
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