Excel spreadsheets help you organize, edit, and share data, but sometimes text formatting is just as important. You may need to indent text in an Excel cell when you're using a specific layout or adding a paragraph, for example. Here's how to use Excel's built-in indentation feature in Excel for Microsoft 365, Excel Online, Excel 2019, and Excel 2016.
Excel Indentation: Indent Cell Contents
If your spreadsheet contains text elements, you can improve readability by adding indents.
Select the cell or cells containing the content you want to indent.
In the Alignment section, select Increase Indent. The icon has four horizontal lines and an arrow pointing to the right.
