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package org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.examples;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellStyle;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;

/**
 * How to use newlines in cells
 */
public class NewLinesInCells {

    public static void main(String[]args) throws IOException {
        Workbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook();   //or new HSSFWorkbook();
        Sheet sheet = wb.createSheet();

        Row row = sheet.createRow(2);
        Cell cell = row.createCell(2);
        cell.setCellValue("Use \n with word wrap on to create a new line");

        //to enable newlines you need set a cell styles with wrap=true
        CellStyle cs = wb.createCellStyle();
        cs.setWrapText(true);
        cell.setCellStyle(cs);

        //increase row height to accomodate two lines of text
        row.setHeightInPoints((2*sheet.getDefaultRowHeightInPoints()));

        //adjust column width to fit the content
        sheet.autoSizeColumn(2);

        FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("ooxml-newlines.xlsx");
        wb.write(fileOut);
        fileOut.close();
        wb.close();
    }

}