How to do carriage return inside a cell

Patricia Solick 0 Reputation points
2026-10-26T15:05:57.46+00:00

I am using Excel on my iPad. How do I do a carriage return inside a cell?

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  1. AI answer

    2026-10-26T15:06:30.5633333+00:00

    Tap the keyboard toggle to open the numeric keyboard, then touch and hold at the desired position in the cell and select New Line.^1^

    1. Tap the cell and enter edit mode.
    2. Position the cursor where the new line should begin.
    3. Tap the keyboard toggle to display the numeric keyboard.
    4. Touch and hold at the cursor position.
    5. Select New Line from the contextual menu.

    If the second line is not fully visible, enable Home → Wrap Text and increase the row height if necessary.^2^

    References

    1. [Windows](https://support.microsoft.com/excel/start-a-new-line-of-text-inside-a-cell-in-excel)
    2. Wrap text in a cell in Excel | Microsoft Support
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  2. Bulldog 5,520 Reputation points
    2026-10-26T15:36:33.83+00:00

    Press ALT+Enter

    You - and I - call it a 'carriage return' because that's what we called it when we used a typewriter. The modern term is 'new paragraph'. So you would ask "how do I create a new paragraph inside a cell" ((;-)

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  3. DaveM121 945.9K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-10-26T15:42:48.2766667+00:00

    When you are typing in the cell in Excel on an iPad, when you reach the spot where you want a new line of text in the cell, tap and hold that spot and you should see the New Line option on the popup menu.

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