How to Insert a Tab Character In a Cell

1. Open your Excel workbook and navigate to the worksheet you are working with. Click inside the cell that you want to modify.
2. Press the 'Ctrl,' 'Alt,' and 'Tab' keys simultaneously and see if a tab character is added to the active cell. Click the 'Format' button if the key combination does not add the tab character.
3. Click 'Cells' and then navigate to 'Alignment.' Click 'Left Indent' and then click the arrow key to add in an indentation that is the equivalent of a tab character. Click again to add another level of indentation.