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<h2 id="par_idN106D9">Inserting line breaks in $[officename] Calc spreadsheet cells</h2>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E0" role="paragraph">To insert a line break in a spreadsheet cell, press the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline>+<keycode>Enter</keycode> keys. </paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E3" role="paragraph">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>
<note id="par_id0509200914160968">You can search for a newline character in the Find &amp; Replace dialog by searching for <literal>\n</literal> as a regular expression. You can use the text function CHAR(10) to insert a newline character into a text formula.</note>
<h2 id="par_idN106E6">Formatting $[officename] Calc cells for automatic line wrapping</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106ED" role="paragraph">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">Choose <menuitem>Format - Cells - Alignment</menuitem>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F9" role="paragraph">Select <emph>Wrap text automatically</emph>.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="par_idN10700">Inserting line breaks in $[officename] Writer text document tables</h2>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10707" role="paragraph">To insert a line break in a text document table cell, press the <keycode>Enter</keycode> key.</paragraph>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1070A" role="paragraph">An automatic line break will be performed while you type across the end of each cell.</paragraph>
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