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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="listitem" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US">Pressing the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline>+Enter keys inserts a manual line break. This shortcut works directly in the cell or in the input line. The input line can be expanded to the multi-line by the Down arrow button on the right.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US">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">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">In <menuitem>Format - Cells - Alignment</menuitem>, mark the <emph>Wrap text automatically</emph> option and click OK.</paragraph>
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<note id="par_id201608575657740">For automatic wrapping in XLS files, the rows in question should be set to Optimal Height.</note>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145799" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/scalc/01/05020000.xhp">Format - Cells</link></paragraph>
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