You can also accommodate multi-line text by using Alt+Enter to start a new line of text. I totally agree that merge cell is more hassle than it is worth & I avoid it like the plague. Regards Norman Pearce IM&T Learning Manager The Training Centre Ealing Hospital NHS Trust Developing the foundations for your success ----- Original Message ----- From: <TerryLBradshaw@xxxxxxx> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 8:18 AM Subject: [mso] Shortcut to Merge Cells > Is there a keyboard shortcut in Excel I can use to merge cells? > > Thanks in advance, > > Terry > > ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). http://www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************