Excel: Placing a Carriage Return in a Dialog Text Edit Box

ID: Q80005

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
Microsoft Excel for OS/2, version 3.0

It is possible to force a carriage return to create multiple-line entries when you enter data into a text edit box in a custom dialog. To do this with Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, place the cursor at the point where you want the carriage return to appear and press Option+Return. In Microsoft Excel for Windows and OS/2, use the key sequence Ctrl+Enter or Alt+Enter.

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Last Reviewed: March 23, 1999