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#1
April 3rd, 2007, 01:54 AM
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merging cells
When trying to merge some cells in a table the 'Merge Cells' button is grayed
so I can't click on it. It will only let me merge a whole row of cells. 
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April 3rd, 2007, 03:01 AM
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merging cells
Are you selecting adjacent cells before attempting to merge them?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Zeus" wrote in message ... When trying to merge some cells in a table the 'Merge Cells' button is grayed so I can't click on it. It will only let me merge a whole row of cells.
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April 3rd, 2007, 02:14 PM
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merging cells
Yes, I clicked on the left side of the cell which highlighted it and then
held [Ctrl] to select others. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you selecting adjacent cells before attempting to merge them? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Zeus" wrote in message ... When trying to merge some cells in a table the 'Merge Cells' button is grayed so I can't click on it. It will only let me merge a whole row of cells.
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April 3rd, 2007, 02:50 PM
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merging cells
As CyberTaz says, it should not be necessary to use Ctrl, which is used to
select nonadjacent cells (which couldn't be merged, anyway). If you can't drag to select the cells (or use Click and Shift+Click to define the range) then you won't be able to merge the cells. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Zeus" wrote in message ... Yes, I clicked on the left side of the cell which highlighted it and then held [Ctrl] to select others. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you selecting adjacent cells before attempting to merge them? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Zeus" wrote in message ... When trying to merge some cells in a table the 'Merge Cells' button is grayed so I can't click on it. It will only let me merge a whole row of cells.
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#5
April 3rd, 2007, 03:52 PM
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merging cells
Don't use Control to select the additional cells - that actually selects
each cell individually rather than as a contiguous block, often preventing the merge. Either drag to select the block of cells or select the first then Shift+Click the last. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Zeus" wrote in message ... Yes, I clicked on the left side of the cell which highlighted it and then held [Ctrl] to select others. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you selecting adjacent cells before attempting to merge them? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Zeus" wrote in message ... When trying to merge some cells in a table the 'Merge Cells' button is grayed so I can't click on it. It will only let me merge a whole row of cells.
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#6
May 7th, 2007, 09:00 PM
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merging cells
There is no kind of way that I select that cells that will allow the option
of merging or unmerging some cells. They were merge-able when I first started entering data. then once I entered or changed something in the cell, I could no longer merge (or unmerge) some cells. Some have the "lock" button checked under Protection tab, but unchecking seems to make no impact. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As CyberTaz says, it should not be necessary to use Ctrl, which is used to select nonadjacent cells (which couldn't be merged, anyway). If you can't drag to select the cells (or use Click and Shift+Click to define the range) then you won't be able to merge the cells.
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