How to wrap text in Excel (shortcut, wrap text across multiple cells without merging, disable, stop)
There are usually two methods of wrap text in Excel , namely with shortcut keys and "Wrap Text", both of which can make the text that exceeds the cell wrap automatically in only one operation. Among them, "Wrap Text" can be set before entering text and after entering text. In addition, applying "Wrap Text", you can set multi-cell wrap text at the same time, avoid entering dashes to wrap tex, and use "Justify" to achieve wrap the text in the selected cell.
Chapters:
0:00 How to wrap text in Excel shortcut?
0:14 How to wrap text in Excel using "Wrap Text" command?
0:48 How to disable wrap text in Excel?
0:58 How to wrap text in cells Excel?
1:33 How to avoid entering dashes to wrap text in Excel?
1:48 Excel wrap text across multiple cells without merging
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How to wrap text in Excel (shortcut, wrap text across multiple cells without merging, disable, stop)
One. How to automatically wrap text in Excel
(1) How to wrap text in Excel shortcut?
If the text of the first cell of the table (i.e. A1) exceeds and requires the excess to wrap, use the shortcut keys operation method as follows:
Click behind "wrap" to position the cursor where, press "Alt + Enter", the text behind the cursor is automatically divided into one line, that is, press the key once, all the text behind the cursor will automatically wrap, without the need for repeated lines of keystrokes.
(2) How to wrap text in Excel using "Wrap Text" command?
Enter a line of text in the first cell (that is, B1) in the second column, the text exceeds the cell, click B2 to end the input status of cell B1, and then click cell B1 to select it, at this time, the "Wrap Text" in the "Alignment" group in the "Home" tab changes from gray to optional, click it, the excess part of the text wrap; Then, click cell C1, click "Wrap Text" again, enter text in C1, and the excess part will wrap automatically.
Two. How to disable wrap text in Excel?
Select the cells in which the text have been wrapped, click "Wrap Text" again to cancel it.
Three. How to use wrap text in Excel
(1) How to wrap text in cells Excel?
1. Select all cells you want to set wrap text (such as selecting D1:F4), click "Wrap Text" in the "Alignment" group in the "Home" tab, then all cells selected will be wrapped; Enter the text in cell D1 first, wrap the text for the excess part; Then enter the text in cell E2, and the excess part will also wrap automatically.
2. After setting "wrap text" in batches, if you want to cancel, you can cancel one or several cells separately, or cancel all cells at the same time.
(2) How to avoid entering dashes to wrap text in Excel?
If you enter a dash (- or _) after entering text in a cell, the text after the dash may wrap automatically; This is related to the length of the input text or the length of the cell, when the entered text is close to the length of the cell, the text after the dash will automatically wrap, and vice versa; Therefore, to avoid wrapping text, if you require a line to display a fixed length of text, you can widen the length of the cell.
(3) Excel wrap text across multiple cells without merging (Excel distribute text across cells, Wrap the text in the selected cell in Excel)
If there is a paragraph of text that requires that it can only be displayed in a specified cells (such as G1:L5), that is, the part that exceeds column L requires wrapping text, set it as follows:
1. Select the cells contained in the G1:L5, click the "Fill" icon in the "Alignment" group in the "Home" tab, and select "Justify" in the pop-up menu, then the text will wrap automatically in excess of the text.
2. "Justify" is called "Text Control" in Excel 2003, and since Excel 2007 versions include Excel 2016 changed to "justify", their features are the same.
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