Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 Plain & Simple

Entering Text in Cells

No workbook worthy of the name stays empty for long. You can type any sort of text you want directly into a cell, whether the text is a label identifying the data in a row or column or an explanation reminding you and your colleagues of any limitations on the data to be entered into a cell. Most text entered into Excel workbooks is short enough to fit on one line, but if you want to have the text in a cell appear on two or more lines and break at a specific location, you can easily insert a line break.

Enter Text as One Line

1. Click the cell into which you want to enter text.

2. Type the text you want to appear.

3. Press Enter.

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