Microsoft KB Archive/213444

= XL2000: How to Enter a Second Line in a Message Box =

Article ID: 213444

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213444





SUMMARY
In a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro, to display more than one line of text in a message box, use the line feed character (character code 13), as in the following sample code.



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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
  Type the following macro into a new module sheet: Sub Test MsgBox prompt:="Line1" & Chr(13) & "Line2" End Sub  Run the Test macro. A message box appears with the following text:

Line1

Line2



