Excel Hack - Getting a Newline in an Excel Cell When Entering Text

Excel is best for numbers but sometimes you find yourself entering lots of text in a cell.  To format the text it's helpful to be able to put in a newline character (aka do a carriage return).  So here's how a bunch of text can look without doing this:

Put in newline characters and hey presto, all a lot easier to read:

So how to do this?  The answer is:

1. Position the cursor where you want the newline, 
2. Hold down the alt key, 
3. Press the return key, 
4. Release the alt key.

Here's where to find the alt key:

...and here's return (also known as Enter):

Hope this is useful.