1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * 14*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * 16*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * under the License. 22*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * 23*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 24*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist 25*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist 26cdf0e10cSrcweir 27cdf0e10cSrcweir 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textscalcguidetable_cellmergexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Merging and Splitting Cells</title> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/scalc/guide/table_cellmerge.xhp</filename> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147240"><bookmark_value>cells; merging/unmerging</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>tables; merging cells</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>cell merges</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>unmerging cells</bookmark_value> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>merging;cells</bookmark_value> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>MW made "cell merges;..." a one level entry</comment> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable><comment>mw created this file out of the shared guide "table_cellmerge.xhp", see also bug #63021</comment></paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id235602" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Merging Cells</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1272927" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the adjacent cells.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6424146" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id451368" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Canceling the merging of cells</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7116611" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Place the cursor in the cell to be split.</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9493087" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells</emph>.</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp#cellreferences"/> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>