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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Merge and Center Cells</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<section id="zellenzusammenfassen">
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149785" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><link href="text/scalc/01/05060000.xhp" name="Merge and Center Cells">Merge and Center Cells</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151246" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Combines the selected cells into a single cell or splits merged cells. Aligns cell content centered.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154020" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Format - Merge Cells - Merge and Center Cells</emph></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US">The merged cell receives the name of the first cell of the original cell range. Merged cells cannot be merged a second time with other cells. The range must form a rectangle, multiple selection is not supported.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3149665" xml-lang="en-US">If the cells to be merged have any contents, a security dialog is shown.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1001240" xml-lang="en-US">Three options are available:</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3155879" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US"><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>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3155878" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US"><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>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3155877" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US"><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>
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<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3153718" xml-lang="en-US">Merging cells can lead to calculation errors in formulas in the table.</paragraph>
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