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To add certain text or character to the beginning of a cell, here's what you need to do: In the cell where you want to output the result, type the equals sign (=). Type the desired text inside the quotation marks. Type an ampersand symbol (&). Select the cell to which the text shall be added, and press Enter.

In general, when you are typing a text in Excel and you need to add a line break, you can simply press Alt + Enter and Excel will take you to the new line within the same cell.

How it works. The word concatenate is just another way of saying "to combine" or "to join together". The CONCATENATE function allows you to combine text from different cells into one cell. In our example, we can use it to combine the text in column A and column B to create a combined name in a new column.

One way to match formatting when concatenating in Excel is to use the & character. This character will preserve any formatting that is applied to the cell. For example, if a cell has bold text and you use the & character to concatenate it with another cell, the resulting cell will also have bold text.

Combine data using the CONCAT function Select the cell where you want to put the combined data. Type =CONCAT(. Select the cell you want to combine first. Use commas to separate the cells you are combining and use quotation marks to add spaces, commas, or other text. Close the formula with a parenthesis and press Enter.

There are two ways to do this: Add double quotation marks with a space between them " ". For example: =CONCATENATE("Hello", " ", "World!"). Add a space after the Text argument.

There are two ways to do this: Add double quotation marks with a space between them " ". For example: =CONCATENATE("Hello", " ", "World!"). Add a space after the Text argument. For example: =CONCATENATE("Hello ", "World!"). The string "Hello " has an extra space added.