1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*a213f9d9Smseidel 3ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4*a213f9d9Smseidel * 5ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 8ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12*a213f9d9Smseidel * 13ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14*a213f9d9Smseidel * 15ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21*a213f9d9Smseidel * 22ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 23ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist 24*a213f9d9Smseidel<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26*a213f9d9Smseidel<topic id="textscalcguidetable_cellmergexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27*a213f9d9Smseidel<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Merging and Splitting Cells</title> 28*a213f9d9Smseidel<filename>/text/scalc/guide/table_cellmerge.xhp</filename> 29*a213f9d9Smseidel</topic> 30*a213f9d9Smseidel</meta> 31*a213f9d9Smseidel<body> 32*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147240"> 33*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>cells; merging/unmerging</bookmark_value> 34*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>tables; merging cells</bookmark_value> 35*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>cell merges</bookmark_value> 36*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>unmerging cells</bookmark_value> 37*a213f9d9Smseidel<bookmark_value>merging;cells</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>MW made "cell merges;..." a one level entry</comment> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable><comment>mw created this file out of the shared guide "table_cellmerge.xhp", see also bug #63021</comment></paragraph> 41*a213f9d9Smseidel<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> 42*a213f9d9Smseidel<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> 43*a213f9d9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id235602" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Merging Cells</paragraph> 44*a213f9d9Smseidel<list type="ordered"> 45*a213f9d9Smseidel<listitem> 46*a213f9d9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1272927" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the adjacent cells.</paragraph> 47*a213f9d9Smseidel</listitem> 48*a213f9d9Smseidel<listitem> 49*a213f9d9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6424146" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph> 50*a213f9d9Smseidel</listitem> 51*a213f9d9Smseidel</list> 52*a213f9d9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id451368" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Canceling the merging of cells</paragraph> 53*a213f9d9Smseidel<list type="ordered"> 54*a213f9d9Smseidel<listitem> 55*a213f9d9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7116611" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Place the cursor in the cell to be split.</paragraph> 56*a213f9d9Smseidel</listitem> 57*a213f9d9Smseidel<listitem> 58*a213f9d9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9493087" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph> 59*a213f9d9Smseidel</listitem> 60*a213f9d9Smseidel</list> 61*a213f9d9Smseidel<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 62*a213f9d9Smseidel<embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp#cellreferences"/> 63*a213f9d9Smseidel</body> 64*a213f9d9Smseidel</helpdocument> 65