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27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Merging and Splitting Cells</title>
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33<bookmark_value>cells; merging/splitting</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>tables; merging cells</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>cell merges</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>splitting cells;by menu command</bookmark_value>
37<bookmark_value>merging;cells</bookmark_value>
38</bookmark><comment>mw made "cell merges;" a one level entry</comment>
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40</variable><comment>mw created this file out of the shared guide "table_cellmerge.xhp", see also bug #63021</comment></paragraph>
41<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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3463850" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Merge Cells</paragraph>
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45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5708792" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the adjacent cells.</paragraph>
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48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6301461" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Table - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph>
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51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9156468" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Split Cells</paragraph>
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54<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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4044312" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Table - Split Cells</emph>.</paragraph>
58<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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