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+<helpdocument version="1.0">
+<meta>
+<topic id="textscalc0105060000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+<title id="tit">Merge and Center Cells</title>
+<filename>/text/scalc/01/05060000.xhp</filename>
+</topic>
+<history>
+<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
+</history>
+</meta>
+<body>
+<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id501632012952361">
+<bookmark_value>toggle merge and center cells</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark>
+<bookmark branch="hid/.uno:ToggleMergeCells" id="bm_id8030335" localize="false"/>
+<bookmark branch="hid/modules/scalc/ui/mergecellsdialog/MergeCellsDialog" id="bm_id2745673" localize="false"/>
+<bookmark branch="hid/modules/scalc/ui/mergecellsdialog/@@nowidget@@" id="bm_id2745673" localize="false"/>
+
+<section id="merge_center">
+ <h1 id="hd_id3149785"><variable id="togglemergecells"><link href="text/scalc/01/05060000.xhp">Merge and Center Cells</link></variable></h1>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151246"><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>
+</section>
+
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id541633057818950">The control is shown toggled-on whenever there are merged cells in the selection, indicating that clicking the control will unmerge those cells.</paragraph>
+<section id="mergecells_warning">
+<warning id="par_id3153718">Merging cells can lead to calculation errors in formulas in the table.</warning>
+</section>
+
+<section id="howtoget">
+ <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#from_menu_bar"/>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154020">Choose <menuitem>Format - Merge and Unmerge Cells - Merge and Center Cells</menuitem>.</paragraph>
+ <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#from_tabUI"/>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id421694003140171">Choose <menuitem>Home - Merge and Center Cells</menuitem>.</paragraph>
+ <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#from_toolbars"/>
+ <table id="tab_id451632804983642">
+ <tablerow>
+ <tablecell>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id521632804983642">
+ <image id="img_id811632804983642" src="cmd/lc_togglemergecells.svg" width="1cm" height="1cm"><alt id="alt_id921632804983642">Icon Merge and Center Cells</alt></image></paragraph>
+ </tablecell>
+ <tablecell>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id491632804983642">Merge and Center Cells</paragraph>
+ </tablecell>
+ </tablerow>
+ </table>
+</section>
+
+<section id="mergenotes">
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149665">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">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>
+<bookmark branch="hid/modules/scalc/ui/mergecellsdialog/move-cells-radio" id="bm_id274567" localize="false"/>
+<bookmark branch="hid/modules/scalc/ui/mergecellsdialog/keep-content-radio" id="bm_id274567" localize="false"/>
+<bookmark branch="hid/modules/scalc/ui/mergecellsdialog/empty-cells-radio" id="bm_id274567" localize="false"/>
+<h3 id="par_id391632360383197">Merge Cells Dialog Options</h3>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1001240">Three options are available:</paragraph>
+<list type="unordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id3155879" role="listitem"><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>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id3155878" role="listitem"><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>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id3155877" role="listitem"><emph>Empty the contents of the hidden cells</emph>: <ahelp hid=".">The contents of the hidden cells are removed; the results of formulas referring to the hidden cells will be updated.</ahelp></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+</list>
+</section>
+<section id="relatedtopics">
+<embed href="text/shared/01/05100100.xhp#mergecells"/>
+<embed href="text/shared/01/05100200.xhp#h1"/>
+<embed href="text/scalc/guide/table_cellmerge.xhp#table_cellmerge"/>
+<embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp#cellreferences"/>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id721694004768467" localize="false"><embedvar href="text/scalc/01/MergeCellsMenu.xhp#h1" markup="ignore"/></paragraph>
+</section>
+</body>
+</helpdocument>