1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir*********************************************************************** 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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If not, see 27*cdf0e10cSrcweir * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28*cdf0e10cSrcweir * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 30*cdf0e10cSrcweir ************************************************************************ 31*cdf0e10cSrcweir --> 32*cdf0e10cSrcweir 33*cdf0e10cSrcweir 34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 35*cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textscalcguidetable_cellmergexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 36*cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Merging and Splitting Cells</title> 37*cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/scalc/guide/table_cellmerge.xhp</filename> 38*cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 39*cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 40*cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147240"><bookmark_value>cells; merging/unmerging</bookmark_value> 42*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>tables; merging cells</bookmark_value> 43*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>cell merges</bookmark_value> 44*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>unmerging cells</bookmark_value> 45*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>merging;cells</bookmark_value> 46*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>MW made "cell merges;..." a one level entry</comment> 47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable><comment>mw created this file out of the shared guide "table_cellmerge.xhp", see also bug #63021</comment></paragraph> 49*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id235602" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Merging Cells</paragraph> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1272927" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the adjacent cells.</paragraph> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6424146" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id451368" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Canceling the merging of cells</paragraph> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7116611" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Place the cursor in the cell to be split.</paragraph> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9493087" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp#cellreferences"/> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>