How to wrap text in Excel manually with line breaks. 1. To manually break up the text to move it onto another line, first double click on the cell, in the spot where you want to make the line break.

But when you can’t change the size of a cell to fit the text, this tip shows how you can resize the text to fit within the cell. SEE: Explore these Excel tips every user should master .

Right-click the Excel 2003 cell containing the text and select "Format Cells." Click the "Alignment" tab in the Format Cells window. Click the box next to "Wrap Text" to place a check-mark in it.