This post will guide you how to combine multiple cells in one or more columns into one cell with line breaks or Alt +enter in Excel. How do I concatenate different values together into one cell with line breaks.

For example, if you are trying to combine three cells (B1,B2,B3) into one(C1) with line breaks or Alt + Enter separating each value. You can refer to the below tutorial to achieve the result.

1. Concatenate columns with Line Breaks (Alt + Enter) Using Formula

To concatenate the cells with line breaks, you should use the concatenate operator in combination with the CHAR(10) or CHAR(13) function. It means that if you want to add line breaks, you need to use the CHAR(10) to insert actual line breaks on Windows or use the CHAR(13) to insert line breaks on MAC system.

To join the cells with line breaks, just do the following steps:

#1 type the following formula into the Cell C1, then press Enter key.

=B1& CHAR(10) & B2 &CHAR(10)&B3

or you can also use the CONCATENATE function as below:

=CONCATENATE(B1&CHAR(10),B2&CHAR(13),B3)

2# Select the Cell C1, then go to Home Tab, click Warp Text command under Alignment group.

3# you will see that three cells in column have been concatenated with line breaks or Alt +Enter.

2. Concatenate columns with Line Breaks with VBA

Now, let’s explore a method that infuses a touch of humanity into our Excel canvas—a dash of VBA magic through a user-defined function. Let’s walk through this together:

Step1: Press Alt + F11 to open the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) editor.

Step2:In the editor, go to Insert > Module to add a new module.

Step3:Copy and paste the provided VBA code into the module. Close the VBA editor.

Function MergeCells(rng As Range) As String
    Dim cell As Range
    Dim result As String
    
    For Each cell In rng
        If cell.Value <> "" Then
            result = result & cell.Value & Chr(10)
        End If
    Next cell
    
    ' Remove the last line break
    If Len(result) > 0 Then
        result = Left(result, Len(result) - 1)
    End If
    
    MergeCells = result
End Function

Step4: Now, you can use the function in your worksheet. For example, if you want to merge cells A1 to A3 with line breaks, enter the formula in a cell.

=MergeCells(A1:A3)

 Step5: press Enter.

This function loops through the specified range, concatenating non-empty cell values with line breaks. The final result is a string with line breaks between each cell’s value.

3. Video: Concatenate columns with Line Breaks

This Excel video tutorial, we’re embarking on a journey to master a delicate art—combining cells from different columns into a single cell, adorned with line breaks using formula or User defined function with VBA code.

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