However, when working with a cell containing multiple lines of text, it can be frustrating to create a new line.

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.

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To use this keyboard shortcut, type text in the cell and when ready for a new line, press and hold down the Alt key, then press the Enter key.

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.

I could then edit the information (without this shortcut, I would have to either retype all the text or use the mouse to click into the text.

Double click that link to get to the page that starts with this information.

You should probably do the same, using the send feedback links at the bottom of those Help pages.

Once that help document appears, I can ask a question, but I cannot search that specific page.

Maybe in 09 its different I was not able to pull up the same language that you pasted above.

In many cases, but not all, you can get the same result using either of these keys.

Numbers Help (for N 08) appears not to mention this shortcut.

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Mac Excel Shortcut For Entering Cell