There is a video below, that shows the steps. To find a line break, and replace it with a space character, follow these steps. Why does that work? A line break is character 10 in the ASCII character set, and the Ctrl + J shortcut is the ASCII control code for character 10. Instead of using Alt + Enter, you can use a special shortcut to enter a line break in the Find What box: Ctrl + J Excel won’t let you put that shortcut into the Find What box. However, if you try to type Alt + Enter in the Find What box, you’ll just hear a beep from your computer. To find specific text in Excel, you can use Ctrl + F to open the Find and Replace dialog box.
Line breaks are easy to add, but a little trickier to remove. But how can you find and replace line breaks in Excel? You can put one or more line breaks in a cell, to make the contents easier to read. When you want to create a line break (line feed) in a cell, you press Alt + Enter, to start a new line.
