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Merge, split cells

You can merge and split table cells.

Merge table cells​

  1. Select the desired cells.
  2. On the Home tab, in the Table group, click the Merge cells button.
  3. If necessary, confirm the action in the pop-up window.

Only the data from the upper-left cell of the range will be saved in the new cell.

You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+M (Cmd+Option+M).

Split a table cell​

  1. Select the merged cells you want to split.
  2. On the Home tab, in the Table group, click the Split cell button.
  3. Select the new number of columns and rows from the available options.

You can also use the Alt+Shift+M (Option+Shift+M) keyboard shortcut.

he cell will be split into the original number of cells. The data from the merged cell will be placed in the upper-left cell of the new range. The new cells will inherit the formatting of the original merged cell.

For tables created in third-party editors and imported into the application, the merge and unmerge cells feature is not available. The buttons on the toolbar will be inactive.