Ordinarily, the Browser window displays one line of text for each record in your table. By inserting new lines, so that text wraps across multiple lines, you can make long descriptions look like paragraphs making them easier to read.
You can apply multi-line text to map labels by inserting new lines into a Browser window and then using that column for automatic labeling in a Map window-the new lines affect how the labels appear in the Map window.
To enter multi-line text:
- Click on a cell in the Browser window to put it into edit mode.
- Use the arrow keys to position the blinking insertion cursor in your text.
- Press Ctrl+Enter to insert a new line character.
- Use the up and down arrow keys to move the insertion cursor from line to line.
Note: Only Character fields can store multi-line text.
Multi-line text has limitations which might make it inappropriate in some situations. Multi-line text:
- Displays on a single line in the Browser window of pre-11.0 versions of MapInfo Pro.
- Displays on a single line in the Info window.
- May affect copy/paste operations. Copying multi-line text in the Browser window and then pasting it in to another application may result in extra rows of data depending on how an application interprets the data.