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Now, Text to Columns checks each cell for line breaks and use it to split the content into separate cells. When you use the keyboard shortcut Control J, it specifies the line break as the delimiter in the Text to Columns wizard. It will simply overwrite the existing data and give you the result.Īlso, in case you already have data in the cells where you are about to get the result of Text to Columns, Excel will show you a prompt letting you know that you will be overwriting the existing data. Note that if you don’t want to keep the original data (it’s always advisable to do so though), you don’t need to specify the destination cell.

The above steps would automatically split the content of the cells based on where the line break occurs in each cell. In my example, I want the result in B2, so I changed the value to $B$2. In Step 3 of 3, change the ‘Destination’ cell to the one where you want the output.Also, you will see the expected result in the ‘Data preview’ section (as shown below). You will not see anything in the box except a tiny blinking dot (if you look hard). Now Use the keyboard shortcut Control + J (hold the ‘Control’ key and then press the ‘J’ key). In Step 2 of 3, uncheck any existing Delimiters selection, and select the ‘Other’ option.In the Text to Columns dialog box, in Step 1 of 3, select Delimited and click ‘Next’.In the Data Tools group, click on the Text to Columns option.Select the entire dataset that you want to split.Using Text to Column to Split Multiple Lines in a Cellīelow are the steps that will split multiple lines in a single cell into separate cells: Note: If you’re wondering how I managed to insert each address element into a new line in the same cell, you can do that by using the keyboard shortcut – ALT + Enter (it enters a line break).