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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Merge and Center Cells</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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      <bookmark_value>toggle merge and center cells</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151246" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">This is a toggleable control that joins all cells in a rectangular selection into a single cell, or returns merged cells to the original individual cells. When merging it will format the merged cell as center aligned.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id541633057818950" xml-lang="en-US">The control is shown toggled-on whenever there are merged cells in the selection, indicating that clicking the control will unmerge those cells.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id441632808439621" xml-lang="en-US">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id691632803588118" xml-lang="en-US">In the <emph>Formatting</emph> toolbar, click:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154020" xml-lang="en-US">Or, choose <variable id="format_mergecells_menu"><menuitem>Format - Merge and Unmerge Cells - </menuitem></variable><menuitem> Merge and Center Cells</menuitem>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149665" xml-lang="en-US">Cells cannot be merged again without first unmerging them.</paragraph>
<note id="par_id581632979766784">Merging a cell selection that partially includes merged cells is generally possible with <emph>Unmerge Cells</emph> followed by <emph>Merge Cells</emph>, without altering the initial selection. The result will be largely depend on previous choices when merging cells made with the <emph>Merge Cells Dialog</emph> options described below.</note>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US">Multiple selection is not supported, that is, the selection must be rectangular.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id211632985508898">The merged cell receives the name and content of the first cell of the selection.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id271632985709781">If more than one cell to be merged has content the <emph>Merge Cells</emph> dialog opens.</paragraph>
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<h3 id="par_id391632360383197">Merge Cells Dialog Options</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1001240" xml-lang="en-US">Three options are available:</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3155879" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Move the contents of the hidden cells into the first cell</emph>: <ahelp hid=".">The actual contents of the hidden cells are concatenated to the first cell, and hidden cells are emptied; the results of formulas referring to the hidden cells or the first cell will be updated.</ahelp></paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3155878" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Keep the contents of the hidden cells</emph>: <ahelp hid=".">The contents of the hidden cells are kept; the results of formulas referring to the hidden cells will not change.</ahelp></paragraph>
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