1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3 4<!-- 5*********************************************************************** 6 * 7 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8 * 9 * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10 * 11 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12 * 13 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14 * 15 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18 * 19 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 22 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 23 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 24 * 25 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 26 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 27 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29 * 30 ************************************************************************ 31 --> 32 33 34<meta> 35 <topic id="textscalcguidetable_cellmergexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 36 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Merging and Splitting Cells</title> 37 <filename>/text/scalc/guide/table_cellmerge.xhp</filename> 38 </topic> 39 </meta> 40 <body> 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> 52 <list type="ordered"> 53 <listitem> 54 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1272927" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the adjacent cells.</paragraph> 55 </listitem> 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> 68 </list> 69 <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 70 <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp#cellreferences"/> 71 </body> 72</helpdocument>