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Using Ctrl and Tab in an Excel cell - was available in Excel 5.0?
hi Folks
Just wondering if there is a way to do a tab movement in an Excel cell..
So that I could enter the following..I have a user who said she could do it in Excel 5.0 using Ctrl and Tab
County 1
Wonder if there is an alternative way to do it in later versions of Excel (specifically 2010)
Thanks.
Just wondering if there is a way to do a tab movement in an Excel cell..
So that I could enter the following..I have a user who said she could do it in Excel 5.0 using Ctrl and Tab
County 1
Wonder if there is an alternative way to do it in later versions of Excel (specifically 2010)
Thanks.
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Danny Child
If that doesn't work, it should be fairly easy to write a macro to insert 8 <space> characters from a hotkey.
Yes in Excel if you want to do tab enter which basically write in Multiple lines.. Then you can try doing the same by pressing ctrl+enter
Lets say in A1 if i write ABC and then when press ctrl+enter the next text which i will write will come in the next line and so on..
Lets say in A1 if i write ABC and then when press ctrl+enter the next text which i will write will come in the next line and so on..
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Ahh Rory my bad..I'm starting my day and you are write its Alt+Enter..Again i'm assuming tab is the space he is giving and want to come to next line..
Although you can enter the tab character using some formula or cut-paste, but the tab effect will not show up in the excel cell.
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(My technique is essentially an extension of alt-enter as described earlier. Alt-enter is fine to use to achieve the same result, as long as you're okay working withing the formula bar or the cell editing area.)
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@Professor JimJam - no, it's not indent. I had already said that to her. Indent moves all the text from the left. But she wanted the equivalent of a tab movement within in Excel cell. (Tabs = spawn of Satan to be honest in my opinion but to each their own) :-). You have given me the answer with the Microsoft link - it's discontinued.
Alt and Enter is NOT what she is looking for. Thanks for all the other comments but writing a macro and a piece of code - that's probably overkill really :-)
Alt and Enter is NOT what she is looking for. Thanks for all the other comments but writing a macro and a piece of code - that's probably overkill really :-)
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I got the answer - "this feature has been discontinued" with first post from ProfessorJimJam.