Below are the keyboard shortcut keys to make this task easy.

When ready for a new line, press and hold down the Alt key, then press the Enter key.

For help creating a comment, see: How to create, edit, and delete a comment in Microsoft Excel.

To create a new line on the Mac, use the Control Option Return keyboard shortcut.

To use this keyboard shortcut, type text in the cell and when ready for a new line, press and hold down the Control key, Option key, and Return key.

Scrolling only works with pages that exceed the viewing capability of your screen.

You will not have the ability to scroll if the page fits your screen.

If the page doesnt have this, pressing the space bar will take you down, otherwise you will be adding spaces in the text box, etc.

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