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36         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Merging and Splitting Cells</title>
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41<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147240"><bookmark_value>cells; merging/unmerging</bookmark_value>
42      <bookmark_value>tables; merging cells</bookmark_value>
43      <bookmark_value>cell merges</bookmark_value>
44      <bookmark_value>unmerging cells</bookmark_value>
45      <bookmark_value>merging;cells</bookmark_value>
46</bookmark><comment>MW made "cell merges;..." a one level entry</comment>
47<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>
48</variable><comment>mw created this file out of the shared guide "table_cellmerge.xhp", see also bug #63021</comment></paragraph>
49      <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>
50      <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>
51      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id235602" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Merging Cells</paragraph>
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53         <listitem>
54            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1272927" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the adjacent cells.</paragraph>
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56         <listitem>
57            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6424146" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph>
58         </listitem>
59      </list>
60      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id451368" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Canceling the merging of cells</paragraph>
61      <list type="ordered">
62         <listitem>
63            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7116611" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Place the cursor in the cell to be split.</paragraph>
64         </listitem>
65         <listitem>
66            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9493087" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph>
67         </listitem>
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