Well, ALT+Enter will create a soft return within a cell. Does that help? -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Doyle" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Microsoft Office Freelist" <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 6:16 PM Subject: [mso] Excel Question > How do I format a cell so that the writing is sideways but also in two lines. I've used Format/cells/orientation/-90 and can get one line, but need two. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************