Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated September 2, 2019)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Veronica wondered how to search for a line break (Alt+Enter) in a cell. In Word you can search for ^l to find line breaks, but there does not seem to be a similar way to search for line breaks in Excel.
The answer is to remember that you can enter any ASCII code into the "Find What" box by holding down the Alt key and using the numeric keypad. Since the ASCII code for the line break is 10, you can follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
If you want to find cells containing a line break through a macro, you can use the following:
Sub FindLineBreak() Cells.Select Selection.Find(What:=Chr(10), After:=ActiveCell, _ LookIn:=xlValues, LookAt:=xlPart, _ SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _ MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Activate End Sub
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2016-10-07 20:01:02
A J Hawley
You can also search for the VB constant vbLF.
2015-03-11 07:13:56
dickjones
yes there is.
2015-02-06 19:46:52
Eirik
hi. I need to insert a line break before an word. Its always diffrent words but they always ends with a : is there any way to do this?
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