How to Wrap Text in Excel: Microsoft Excel Text Wrap

Wrapping text in an Excel spreadsheet can be helpful with alignment and in making column headings more readable.  Here’s how you do it:

1. Left-click in the cell where you want to wrap the text.

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2. Now right-click to bring up the context-sensitive menu, and left-click on “Formatting”:

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3. You will now have the “Format Cells” menu open.  To wrap the text in the cell, simply check the “Wrap text” option and press “ok” at the bottom of the dialogue box to apply your changes.

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