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Separate line breaks into columns


I have one cell with text. The text string looks like the following:

Lorem Ipsum is simply 
dummy text of the printing 
and typesetting industry. 
Lorem Ipsum
has been the
industry's standard 
dummy text.

I read to use Text-to-column, use as delimiter Other and fill in by pressing Alt 0010 in the Other field.

However, only the first row stays.

My wanted result is:

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Any suggestions how to separate by line break?


Solution

  • Use Data ► Text to Columns, Delimited.

    On the second screen opt for Other with [ctrl]+J as the delimiter. [ctrl]+J is CHAR(10), the line feed character.

    On the third screen, choose B1 for a destination.

    text_to_columns_line_feed