1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textscalcguidetable_cellmergexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Merging and Splitting Cells</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/scalc/guide/table_cellmerge.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147240"><bookmark_value>cells; merging/unmerging</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>tables; merging cells</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>cell merges</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>unmerging cells</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>merging;cells</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>MW made "cell merges;..." a one level entry</comment> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id8005005" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="table_cellmerge"><link href="text/scalc/guide/table_cellmerge.xhp" name="Merging and Unmerging Cells">Merging and Unmerging Cells</link> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable><comment>mw created this file out of the shared guide "table_cellmerge.xhp", see also bug #63021</comment></paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8049867" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can select adjacent cells, then merge them into a single cell. Conversely, you can take a large cell that has been created by merging single cells, and divide it back into individual cells.</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200913480176" role="note" l10n="NEW">When you copy cells into a target range containing merged cells, the target range gets unmerged first, then the copied cells are pasted in. If the copied cells are merged cells, they retain their merge state.</paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id235602" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Merging Cells</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1272927" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the adjacent cells.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6424146" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id451368" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Canceling the merging of cells</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7116611" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Place the cursor in the cell to be split.</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9493087" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp#cellreferences"/> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>