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Suppose youre entering some data in a spreadsheet, and its time to input some addresses (or descriptions or any other long strings). Youll probably run into an issue like this: Show The text is too long to fit in the cell, so it either continues past the column or cuts off (if theres another column filled next to it). Weve all been there. This is where Google Sheets wrap text feature comes in. Wrapping text means your inputted string will automatically fit to the column width by extending cell height via new line breaks. For instance, when wrapped, my Notes text now looks like this: There are several ways to wrap text on Google Sheets, so well go through them all and let you know which best suits certain use-cases. Lets begin! Wrap Text on Google Sheets via ToolbarThis is the quickest method and only requires a couple of clicks!
Wrap Text on Google Sheets via Format tabThis is another easy method to wrap text. You may opt for this one if youre having a hard time locating the Text wrapping button.
Wrap Text on Google Sheets via Mobile AppIf youre looking to format your spreadsheet on the go, you can even wrap text on the Sheets mobile app! Check it out below.
Manually Wrap Text on Google SheetsWhile this isnt the most convenient option, sometimes you may want to manually format your text to choose where the line breaks occur and/or control the width of your lines independent of the cell width. Heres how you do it:
Note: As you can see, the columns text-wrapping setting is still overflow (aka text visually spills into the next cell if empty), but Ive manually entered line breaks at random places, which varies the width of the text in each cell. Other Things to Keep in MindColumn WidthOnce you start wrapping text, youll find out that setting an appropriate column width is crucial in nice formatting. You likely dont want a bunch of words stacked on top of each other like this: Yikes! In this case, be sure to extend your column width so the spreadsheet is more readable. Now, this is much more appealing: Other Text FormatsIts also important to keep other text wrapping options in mind, so youre aware of all your options when formatting your spreadsheet! There are the three following styles:
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