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You can't split an individual cell, but you can make it appear as if a cell has been split by merging the cells above it.

Merge cells

1. Select the cells to merge.
2. Select Merge & Center.
   Important: When you merge multiple cells, the contents of only one cell (the upper-left cell for left-to-right languages, or the upper-right cell for right-to-left languages) appear in the merged cell. The contents of the other cells that you merge are deleted.

Unmerge cells

1. Select the Merge & Center down arrow.
2. Select Unmerge Cells.

Important:

• You cannot split an unmerged cell. If you are looking for information about how to split the contents of an unmerged cell across multiple cells, see Distribute the contents of a cell into adjacent columns.
• After merging cells, you can split a merged cell into separate cells again. If you don't remember where you have merged cells, you can use the Find command to quickly locate merged cells.

Merging combines two or more cells to create a new, larger cell. This is a great way to create a label that spans several columns.

In the example here, cells A1, B1, and C1 were merged to create the label “Monthly Sales” to describe the information in rows 2 through 7.

Merge cells

Merge two or more cells by following these steps:

1. Select two or more adjacent cells you want to merge.
   

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   Important: Ensure that the data you want to retain is in the upper-left cell, and keep in mind that all data in the other merged cells will be deleted. To retain any data from those other cells, simply copy it to another place in the worksheet—before you merge.
2. On the Home tab, select Merge & Center.
   

Tips:

• If Merge & Center is disabled, ensure that you’re not editing a cell—and the cells you want to merge aren’t formatted as an Excel table. Cells formatted as a table typically display alternating shaded rows, and perhaps filter arrows on the column headings.
• To merge cells without centering, click the arrow next to Merge and Center, and then click Merge Across or Merge Cells.

Unmerge cells

If you need to reverse a cell merge, click onto the merged cell and then choose Unmerge Cells item in the Merge & Center menu (see the figure above).

Split text from one cell into multiple cells

You can take the text in one or more cells, and distribute it to multiple cells. This is the opposite of concatenation, in which you combine text from two or more cells into one cell.

For example, you can split a column containing full names into separate First Name and Last Name columns:

Follow the steps below to split text into multiple columns:

1. Select the cell or column that contains the text you want to split.
2. Note: Select as many rows as you want, but no more than one column. Also, ensure that are sufficient empty columns to the right—so that none of your data is deleted. Simply add empty columns, if necessary.
3. Click Data >Text to Columns, which displays the Convert Text to Columns Wizard.
4. Click Delimited > Next.
5. Check the Space box, and clear the rest of the boxes. Or, check both the Comma and Space boxes if that is how your text is split (such as 'Reyes, Javiers', with a comma and space between the names). A preview of the data appears in the panel at the bottom of the popup window.
6. Click Next and then choose the format for your new columns. If you don't want the default format, choose a format such as Text, then click the second column of data in the Data preview window, and click the same format again. Repeat this for all of the columns in the preview window.
   
7. Click the button to the right of the Destination box to collapse the popup window.
8. Anywhere in your workbook, select the cells that you want to contain the split data. For example, if you are dividing a full name into a first name column and a last name column, select the appropriate number of cells in two adjacent columns.
9. Click the button to expand the popup window again, and then click the Finish button.

Merging combines two or more cells to create a new, larger cell. This is a great way to create a label that spans several columns. For example, here cells A1, B1, and C1 were merged to create the label “Monthly Sales” to describe the information in rows 2 through 7.

Merge cells

1. Click the first cell and press Shift while you click the last cell in the range you want to merge.
   Important: Make sure only one of the cells in the range has data.
2. Click Home > Merge & Center.
   If Merge & Center is dimmed, make sure you’re not editing a cell or the cells you want to merge aren’t inside a table.
   Tip: To merge cells without centering the data, click the merged cell and then click the left, center or right alignment options next to Merge & Center.
   If you change your mind, you can always undo the merge by clicking the merged cell and clicking Merge & Center.

Unmerge cells

To unmerge cells immediately after merging them, press Ctrl + Z. Otherwise do this:

• Click the merged cell and click Home > Merge & Center.
  The data in the merged cell moves to the left cell when the cells split.

Merging combines two or more cells to create a single, larger cell. This is a great way to create a label that spans several columns. To merge cells, follow these steps:

1. Drag the selection handle to select the cells that you want to merge. For example, drag the handle from cell A1 to cell C1.
2. On your iPad, tap Merge .
   On your iPhone, tap the Edit icon , tap Home if it isn't already selected, and then tap Merge & Center.

Important: Only the data in the upper-left cell from a range of selected cells remains in the merged cell. Excel deletes data in the other cells of the selected range.

If Merge or Merge & Center is not available on the Home tab, make sure that the cells you want to merge aren’t inside a table.

If you change your mind, you can always unmerge the cells.

1. Select a merged cell.
2. On the Home tab, tap Merge or Merge & Center again.

If Merge or Merge & Center is not available on the Home tab, then the selected cell might not be a merged cell.

Need more help?

You can always ask an expert in the Excel Tech Community, get support in the Answers community, or suggest a new feature or improvement on Excel User Voice.

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I'm writing a macro that copies data to a template form, saves the form under a different name, and then copies using the same blank form. Some of the data is copied into merged cells. Weirdly enough, the code that I am currently using works for the first, second, and third iteration, but not the fourth.

I've tried everything I can think of but it still won't work. It gives me the error message 'We can't do that to a merged cell'.

Here is the code that won't paste into the cell.

And here is the code that DOES paste into the merged cell earlier on in the program:

As you can see, the only thing that changes is what cell the data is being copied from.

Edit:Just realized that I used the same code(the part that isn't working) early on in the program under certain conditions. I just tried running it under those conditions and it worked.

Now I'm extremely confused. Feel free to ask me to clarify things, I know this is confusing.

Also: I know .Select. is slow, I don't care.

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Have you tried fully qualifying your range references? Perhaps earlier in the program Range('B27').Select is selecting on one sheet and Range('B27').Select is selecting from a different sheet later on.

Also, and not to harp on it but.. .Select is not only slow, it also tends to lead to unexpected results, which I suspect is the issue you're having now. I know you said in a comment that you don't have time (luxury) to get away from it, but the time spent cleaning up your code now will save you TONS of time if you ever have to debug, change, modify, update, etc. I wouldn't look at it as a chore, but a necessity to writing good VBA code!

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You may encounter an Excel worksheets that has merged cells that you don’t know about. This can be frustrating because Excel doesn't sort data in a column that contains merged cells.

Following the steps below, you can find all the merged cells in your worksheet and then unmerge those cells.