Formatting long strings of text isn’t Google Sheets' strongest suit.

This causes problems when you want to add data to a single cell on multiple lines.

Fortunately, there are various methods you’re free to use to add line breaks in Google Sheets.

Text wrap setting in Google Sheets

Let’s take a look at three simple methods.

As a disclaimer, this won’t add line breaks to your text.

If you take a look at the formula bar, the text is still in a single line.

Wrapped text in Google Sheets

If you’re a Mac user, you’re free to useCmd+Enterinstead.

The text in the formula bar will have line breaks as well.

you could use this feature to add line breaks in Google Sheets cells.

Overflowing text in Google Sheets

With CHAR being a function, you’ll have to use it in a formula.

The answer to that question lies in the question itself: Because CHAR is a function!

Thus replacing the spaces with line breaks, and then outputtingA1in multiple lines.

Line break added to a Google Sheets cell with the keyboard combination

Adding line breaks in Google Sheets with the CHAR function

A formula using CHAR and SUBSTITUTE in Google Sheets