
There is a VBA function that could do the trick (replacing the spaces it looks for with Alt + Enters) but it doesn't recognise the Alt + Enters as Chr(13)'s or vbCrLf's in the spreadsheet. For the nth word I need to add a whole section to the formula and it is getting too cumbersome especially with Alt + Enter breaks through it and up to 15 rows in a cell. Then, click the place where you want to insert a line break. This creates another line within the cell. When in Excel, pressing ‘Enter’ (in the cell or in the formula bar) like how you would in Microsoft Word would only move the cursor to the next cell: To start a new line, double-click the cell which contains the text. Finally have the solution - use the alt key to the left of the space bar (and not the one on the right) while simultaneously pressing the Enter key. It works, if I use a modified excel formula for finding first word, last word, nth word etc from a cell and I insert an Alt + Enter for the character I want to find. Re: alt-enter (cell line breaks) is not working in Excel 365. I need to separate these out and I've tried various extraction methods but none of them (Text to Columns, Replace or VBA) seem to recognise the character that Alt + Enter is using. This has created a situation where I have multiple rows in each cell. I have multiple rows of data that have been entered into excel cells using Alt + Enter. I too was facing the same issue hence, I tried many things suggested by people in different forums but it dint work for me. Courtesy of: Richard Stokes, Network 1 Sales Consultant Have you ever needed to insert more than one line of text inside of a single cell in Excel There is an easy way to do this. now you can use Alt+Enter function in your excel. I've been struggling for a few hours now trying to sort this problem. If you are facing an issue of 'Alt+Enter' not working in the excel then Press 'Insert' key and Guess What.
