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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Merging and Splitting Cells</title>
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      <bookmark_value>tables; merging cells</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>cell merges</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>unmerging cells</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>splitting cells</bookmark_value>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="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.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="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.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1272927" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the adjacent cells.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6424146" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells - Merge Cells</emph>. If you choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells - Merge and Center Cells</emph>, the cell content will be centered in the merged cell.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id451368" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Splitting Cells</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7116611" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Place the cursor in the cell to be split.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9493087" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells - Split Cells</emph>.</paragraph>
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