TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Other:=True, OtherChar:=Chr(10), FieldInfo _ Selection.TextToColumns Destination:=Rng2, DataType:=xlDelimited, _ The only safety in this case is some error handling if the data would have to be written out of bounds. It goes without saying that in our AddIn, all those safeties are in place.
#CONTROL ALT SHIFT ENTER IN EXCEL FULL#
It’s very important that you realize, that this code (although in full working state) is only the center piece, there’s a lot of error handling and loss of data warnings that you must put in place for this code to be “all it can be”. So the code just simulates the above command (Data/Text To Columns) but with less effort on your part. That brings us to the VBA part… Separate By Line Breaks in Excel with VBA Simply brilliant but still over 4 clicks J. It will overwrite any data in those columns. Keep in mind that this command will behave the same as it always does, even if you separate by line breaks.
Same as in the previous samples, this will give you the blinking cursor dot… But in the data preview you can easily see that this will result in more than One column. Where in Step 2 of the Wizard, you select Other and again, either use the Ctrl+J or Alt+0010 key combination to insert the line break (Alt+Enter). The easiest way in Excel is to use the Data/Text to Columns command. Separate By Line Breaks (Alt+Enter) in Excel Selection.Replace What:=Chr(10), Replacement:="Your text here", LookAt:=xlPart, _īut now for the crown jewel of this post… The Separate By line breaks. So just replace that with the desired replacement text Sub ReplaceLineBreak() The replace code is identical except for the Your Text Here part. SearchOrder:=xlB圜olumns, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _ Selection.Replace What:=Chr(10), Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart, _ Selection.WrapText = False 'Removing Wrap Text
The Remove VBA is very simple… Sub RemoveLineBreak() The code itself is very simple and actually utilizes the Excels Find and Replace Tool. If you don’t like that, just comment out the second line of code.
More or less this is done so you can easily see the effect of the code but it’s also there for practical reasons. And the other thing is, this code turns off the Wrap Text command. Remove or Replace Line Breaks (Alt+Enter) in Excel with VBAįirst of all, this code works with the Selection, so it will only execute on the selected cells. This gives you a blinking dot that represents a cursor that has dropped by one line and then if you leave the Replace with empty, you will remove the line breaks and if you put Space (or any character you want) in the Replace with box, all your line breaks will be replaced by spaces (or your selected character). The Remove and Replace part can be done with the Find and Replace tool, where the only trick you have to know, is to use the Ctrl+J or Alt+0010 (the 0010 has to be typed in the numeric part of the keyboard) combination in the Find Box. Firstly, let’s look at the Remove or Replace multiple Line Breaks at once. Meaning that there are multiple line breaks you want to insert or remove at once. But sometimes you need to insert or remove line breaks (Alt Enter) on a high level. It’s what you use when you want to have text show in multiple lines regardless the width of the column.
#CONTROL ALT SHIFT ENTER IN EXCEL MANUAL#
Alt Enter is known as a manual line break in Excel.