[mso] Re: Shortcut to Merge Cells

I was talking in the context of "center across selection" - i.e. in the 
context of wanting text extending over several columns.  If you want wrap 
across several columns, and don't want it centred, then you need to merge.

Similarly, if you want to extend some information vertically, but not other 
information in the same rows, you will need to merge.

Regards, Dave S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anne Robson" <anne.robson2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 2:55 AM
Subject: [mso] Re: Shortcut to Merge Cells


> You can do multi-row and word wrap without merging cells - just click the
> "wrap text" box in the format cells> alignment options list.
>
> If this is the main or sole reason for wanting to merge cells then there 
> is
> a more basic lesson to learn about Excel.
>
> Anne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of David Smart
>
> "Center across selection" is ok in some instances.  However, "center" is 
> not
>
> always what you want, and merged cells allow multi-rows, word-wrap, etc.
>
> Copying areas containing merged cells is not a problem - the merged cells
> copy quite happily with the rest.  Pasting OVER merged cells quite 
> correctly
>
> gives errors if you would otherwise break the merge.
>
> There are disadvantages to merged cells (row auto-height and
> paste/special/formula to name a couple), but normal copy/paste is not a
> problem.
>
> Regards, Dave S
>
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