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So first double-click the cell, then single-click at the text position where you want the line break.</paragraph> 60 </listitem> 61 </list> 62 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200914160968" role="note" l10n="NEW">You can search for a newline character in the Find & Replace dialog by searching for \n as a regular expression. You can use the text function CHAR(10) to insert a newline character into a text formula.</paragraph> 63 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E6" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Formatting $[officename] Calc cells for automatic line wrapping</paragraph> 64 <list type="ordered"> 65 <listitem> 66 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106ED" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the cells for which you want an automatic line break.</paragraph> 67 </listitem> 68 <listitem> 69 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F1" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Cells - Alignment</emph>.</paragraph> 70 </listitem> 71 <listitem> 72 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106F9" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">Select <emph>Wrap text automatically</emph>.</paragraph> 73 </listitem> 74 </list> 75 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10700" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Inserting line breaks in $[officename] Writer text document tables</paragraph> 76 <list type="ordered"> 77 <listitem> 78 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10707" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To insert a line break in a text document table cell, press the Enter key.</paragraph> 79 </listitem> 80 </list> 81 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1070A" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">An automatic line break will be performed while you type across the end of each cell.</paragraph> 82 <section id="relatedtopics"> 83 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10718" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/01/05340300.xhp">Alignment</link></paragraph> 84 </section> 85 </body> 86</helpdocument>