Write the steps to merge a group of cells into one cell.
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Copy the cell with the CONCATENATE formula (D2). Paste the copied value in the top-left cell of the range you want to merge (A2). To do this, right click the cell and select Paste Special > Values from the context menu. Select the cells that you want to join (A2 and B2) and click Merge and Center.
Users who feel more comfortable with Excel formulas, may like this way to combine cells in Excel. You can employ the CONCATENATE function or Excel & operator to join the cells' values first, and then merge the cells if needed. The detailed steps follow below.
Supposing you want to combine two cells in your Excel sheet, A2 and B2, and both cells have data in them. Not to lose the value in the second cell during merging, concatenate the two cells by using either of the following formulas:
The formula, however, inserts the concatenated values in another cell. If you do need to merge two cells with the original data, A2 and B2 in this example, then a few extra steps are required:
Copy the cell with the CONCATENATE formula (D2).
Paste the copied value in the top-left cell of the range you want to merge (A2). To do this, right click the cell and select Paste Special > Values from the context menu.
Select the cells that you want to join (A2 and B2) and click Merge and Center.
In a similar manner, you can merge multiple cells in Excel, the CONCATENATE formula will be just a little bit longer in this case. An advantage of this approach is that you can separate values with different delimiters within a single formula
Shortcut for merging cells in Excel
If you merge cells in your Excel worksheets on a regular basis, you may find useful the following Merge Cells shortcut.
Select the cells you want to merge.
- Press the Alt key that provides access the commands on the Excel ribbon and hold it until an overlay appears.
- Hit H to select the Home tab.
- Press M to switch to Merge & Center.
Press one of the following keys:
- C to merge and center the selected cells
- A to merge cells in each individual row
- M to merge cells without centering
