When you merge a cell, the effect produced depends on the way the cells were merged. If it is a parallel connection, the cells functions as a single cell but if it is in series, they will combine their strength.
The data in the top left cell for a block, which is the top cell if in column or the left cell in a row, will be kept and all other data will be lost.
Highlight the cells you are interested in merging .. make sure you are on the "home" tab (found at the top of the excel program), and choose the down arrow beside merge & center in the "alignment box". there you will find the option to merge & center, merge across, merge cells, and unmerge cells ..
There is no limit to the number of cells you can merge into a single cell.
Merge Cells
The function of the merge cells option is to combine multiple cells in a table. This merging can take place for different reasons such as addition.
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the cells help repair them and then those cells merge into one and cause the broken joints to merge
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The name is "merge and center", which combines all highlighted cells. For newer versions of Excel this is on the "Home" tab.
No, they are the opposite of each other. Split cells allows you to break a cell into several different cells and merge cells brings two or more cells together to make one cell.
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You can use the Merge and Center icon on the formatting toolbar or do it through the Format menu by going to Cells and then picking the Merge cells option.
Highlight the cells you want to merge by left clicking, holding and dragging until all the cells are identified. At the top of the screen there should be an icon that looks like a square with two arrows pointing left and right; in older versions of Excel the icon says "Merge and Center". Once your cells are highlighted, click on this icon and the cells will merge and any data entered into the merged cell will be centered.