Excel 2013 – How to start new paragraph in a cell (add a line break) Wednesday, 16 July 2014 by Adrian GordonLast updated: Thursday, 9 October 2014 To add a new paragraph inside a cell all you need to do is hold Alt and press Enter on the keyboard. Remember the cells in Excel are limited to 32,767 characters. Only 1,024 display in the cell and all 32,767 display in the formula bar. Related Articles Excel – How to calculate days until, between or after dates Word 2016 – Fix random list items indented Word 2016 – How to change text case Word 2016 – How to show merge tags Word – Table won’t paste in new location 1 Word – how to mail merge many records to individual documents 5