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26*24486111Smseidel<topic id="textswriterguidetable_cellmergexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27*24486111Smseidel<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Merging and Splitting Cells</title>
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32*24486111Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147240">
33*24486111Smseidel<bookmark_value>cells; merging/splitting</bookmark_value>
34*24486111Smseidel<bookmark_value>tables; merging cells</bookmark_value>
35*24486111Smseidel<bookmark_value>cell merges</bookmark_value>
36*24486111Smseidel<bookmark_value>splitting cells;by menu command</bookmark_value>
37*24486111Smseidel<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_id6618243" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="table_cellmerge"><link href="text/swriter/guide/table_cellmerge.xhp" name="Merging and Splitting Cells">Merging and Splitting Cells</link>
40cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable><comment>mw created this file out of the shared guide "table_cellmerge.xhp", see also bug #63021</comment></paragraph>
41*24486111Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1211890" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can select adjacent cells, then merge them into a single cell. Conversely, you can take a large cell and divide it into individual cells.</paragraph>
42*24486111Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3463850" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Merge Cells</paragraph>
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45*24486111Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5708792" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the adjacent cells.</paragraph>
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48*24486111Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6301461" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Table - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph>
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51*24486111Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9156468" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Split Cells</paragraph>
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54*24486111Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3415936" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Place the cursor in the cell to be split.</paragraph>
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57*24486111Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4044312" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Table - Split Cells</emph>.</paragraph>
58*24486111Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id634174" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">A dialog allows you to split the cell into two or more cells, horizontally or vertically.</paragraph>
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