Mrinmoy Roy
If a text length is greater than a cell length, then some part of the text becomes invisible due to the lack of enough space allocated for the text. To solve this issue, we need to convert a long single-line text into multiple lines which is known as text wrapping. Fortunately, Excel provides some amazing features to wrap text in Excel. But we can wrap text in Excel using a keyboard shortcut key too. Under this fact, in this article, you will learn 2 shortcut keys to wrap text in Excel.
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What is Text Wrapping?
Text Wrapping refers to the conversion of a single-line text into multiple-line text with a view to better showcasing the cell contents to the users.
Shortcut Key to Wrap Text in Excel: 2 Hotkeys
We will be using a Book List as a data table to demonstrate all the methods to wrap text in Excel. So, let’s have a sneak peek of the data table:
So, without having any further discussion let’s get into all the methods one by one.
1. Shortcut Key-1: Wrap Text Automatically in Excel
We can wrap text by using a built-in tool called the Wrap Text, which you will find in the Alignment group under the Home ribbon. Using the Wrap Text feature is the easiest and the fastest method to wrap your text in Excel automatically. But you can make your texts wrapped more quickly using a keyboard shortcut, which substitutes the lingering procedure of executing the Wrap Text command. To get the shortcut key applied in your data table, follow the steps below:
🔗 Steps
❶ First of all, select the range of the cells, where you want to apply the Wrap Text command.
❷ After that press the ALT + H + W keys one after another.
After pressing the keys sequentially, you will get the texts wrapped as follows:
Read More: How to Make Text Automatically Wrap Around in Excel (5 ways)
2. Shortcut Key-2: Use Line Break to Wrap Text in Excel
As text wrapping is all about breaking a long single-line text into multiple lines, we can use a keyboard shortcut key to break lines. To get the whole procedure, follow the steps below:
🔗 Steps:
❶ Place your cursor on the text where you want to put the line break.
❷ Then press ALT + ENTER to break the line.
❸ Finally press the ENTER button to finish the whole process.
Read More: Wrap Text in Excel Shortcut Key (2 Hotkeys)
Shortcut Key to Unwrap Text in Excel
You can simply unwrap the texts by following the same procedure as you did while wrapping up the text in the first place. Anyways, you can try the following:
❶ Select the range of the cells to unwrap text in them.
❷ Press the ALT + H + W keys altogether or click on the Wrap Text command under the Home ribbon.
That’s simply it.
Wrap Text Not Working?
There are situations that might appear that you’ve applied the wrap text command but some part of your text is still invisible and you can’t give them a read. If it is so, then you can try any of the solutions below:
1. AutoFit Row Height
Maybe it’s the row height that is not sufficient enough to showcase the full text within it. To fix this problem, first, select the cell and then,
❶ Go to the Home ribbon.
❷ Click on Format.
❸ From the drop-down menu select AutoFit Row Height.
Read More: Excel Auto Fit Row Height for Wrap Text (4 Methods)
2. Merge & Center
If you ever apply the Merge & Center command, then the wrap text command won’t work in that case. All you need to do is, disable the Merge & Center command. To disable the Merge & Center command,
❶ Select the cell.
❷ Go to the Home ribbon.
❸ Click on Merge & Center.
Read More: How to Wrap Text in Merged Cells in Excel (5 Ways)
3. Sufficient Row Height
If you try to apply the wrap text command on a cell that is already sufficient enough to display its content normally, then even after applying the wrap text command no change will appear. To force apply the wrap text feature, follow these steps. and on.
❶ First, toggle the Wrap Text command off.
❷ Then turn it on to apply the Wrap Text feature.
Read More: Excel VBA: Autofit Row Height with Wrap Text (5 Effective Ways)
4. Fill for Horizontal Alignment
To prevent spilling over into the next cell, people may set Fill for horizontal alignment. In such a case, the wrap text feature won’t work. To disable this functionality,
❶ Open the Format Cells dialog box by pressing the CTRL + 1 keys.
❷ Go to the Alignment tab.
❸ Under this tab, set General under the Horizontal option.
❹ Hit the Ok button.
Things to Remember
📌 ALT + H + W is the hotkey to apply the Wrap Text command upon texts.
📌 You can press ALT + ENTER to apply line break upon texts.
Conclusion
To sum up, we have discussed two keyboard shortcut keys to wrap text in Excel. You are recommended to download the practice workbook attached along with this article and practice all the methods with that. And don’t hesitate to ask any questions in the comment section below. We will try to respond to all the relevant queries asap. And please visit our website Exceldemy to explore more.
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