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38 <topic id=
"textscalcguidetable_cellmergexml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
39 <title xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"tit">Merging and Splitting Cells
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40 <filename>/text/scalc/guide/table_cellmerge.xhp
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44 <bookmark xml-lang=
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"index" id=
"bm_id3147240"><bookmark_value>cells; merging/unmerging
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45 <bookmark_value>tables; merging cells
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46 <bookmark_value>cell merges
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47 <bookmark_value>unmerging cells
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48 <bookmark_value>merging;cells
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49 </bookmark><comment>MW made
"cell merges;..." a one level entry
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50 <paragraph xml-lang=
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51 </variable><comment>mw created this file out of the shared guide
"table_cellmerge.xhp", see also bug #
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52 <paragraph xml-lang=
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"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.
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53 <paragraph xml-lang=
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"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.
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54 <paragraph xml-lang=
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"heading" level=
"2" l10n=
"NEW">Merging Cells
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57 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id1272927" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"NEW">Select the adjacent cells.
</paragraph>
60 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id6424146" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"NEW">Choose
<emph>Format - Merge Cells
</emph>.
</paragraph>
63 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"hd_id451368" role=
"heading" level=
"2" l10n=
"NEW">Canceling the merging of cells
</paragraph>
66 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id7116611" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"NEW">Place the cursor in the cell to be split.
</paragraph>
69 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"par_id9493087" role=
"listitem" l10n=
"NEW">Choose
<emph>Format - Merge Cells
</emph>.
</paragraph>
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