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How to split a cell diagonally in Excel?

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It’s common to split cell content by space, comma, etc. in Excel. But do you know how to split a cell diagonally as below screenshot shown? This article will show you the solution.

Split a cell diagonally in Excel
split a cell diagonally

Split a cell diagonally in Excel

To split a single cell diagonally in Excel, please do as follows:

1. Right-click the specified cell you will split diagonally, and select Format Cells from the context menu. See screenshot:
select Format Cells from the context menu

2. In the Format Cells dialog box, please click to enable the Border tab, click to highlight highlight button button in the Border section, and then click the OK button. See screenshot:
set options in the Format Cells dialog box

Now the diagonal line is added in the specified cell. See screenshot:
the diagonal line is added in the cell

3. Please type the two words in the specified cell as you need. Then highlight the first word in the cell, and click the Arrow at the bottom-right corner of the Font group on the Home tab. See screenshot:
type the two words in the the cell

4. In the popping out Format Cells dialog box, please check the Superscript option, and click the OK button. See screenshot:
check the Superscript option in the dialog box

5. Please repeat above Step 3-4 to format the second word as a subscript.

Now you will see the two words in the specified cell is split diagonally. See screenshot:
the two words in the cell is split diagonally

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